Josephine is originally from metro Detroit, and studied music at Eastern Michigan & the University of Tennessee. Josephine has been teaching music for 14 years and currently lives and teaches in Midland, MI. Josephine started playing in the band because she needed to cross a bridge over the river Rhine to get to an Octoberfest party, but couldn’t pay the bridge troll’s toll. She offered to play him a tune on her piccolo as payment, but he absolutely hated her happy little song! He was so angry that he punished her by signing her up to play in a German polka band for the rest of eternity, and she’s been playing with the FMB ever since!