Joshua quickly expressed interest and aptitude in music and took his first lessons at the Cedar Rapids Symphony School.

After moving to D.C., Joshua performed for then candidate Barack Obama at the Stand for Change Rally in February 2008,[2] as well as for the Haitian Embassy.

The premiere of the play was to be held at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on June 10, 2009, but was canceled due to a shooting earlier that day.

[3][4] In the summer of 2011, Joshua was the subject of a series of articles describing the difficulties students may have getting scholarships, loans, and grants, to be able to afford college.

[5] As a result of these articles, Joshua received numerous donations which allowed him to attend Manhattan School of Music.