Jo Boatright served on the music staff of First Unitarian Church for 43 years, first as organist/choir accompanist and then as Director of Music. Upon her retirement on May 18, 2003, she was given the honorary title Director of Music Emerita.

Ms. Boatright, pianist, co-founded the Walden Chamber Music Society in 1981. She was also Artistic Director and co-founder of Voices of Change, the professional contemporary chamber music ensemble of the Southwest United States. With Voices of Change, she has won the Adventuresome Programming Award given by ASCAP for four seasons. She has been a soloist with symphony orchestras since the age of twelve, including an appearance with the Boston Pops. Ms. Boatright has performed in major cities and performance halls of Western and Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union, Central and South America and the United States. She is a former Associate Professor of Music at Texas Christian University and the University of Texas Arlington. She has also served as Adjunct Professor at Southern Methodist University and UT Dallas.