In 1937 she played in recital for President and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White House.[6][7]
During the 1940s Field was a regular on the New York City music scene. She was concertmistress for the U.S. tour of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo during World War II, reprising that position for the original Broadway production of Brigadoon in 1947.
In 1944 she began a successful radio career at New York classical station WQXR, writing and producing more than 200 episodes of her own performance-interview program "Notes and Quotes" on Sunday afternoons and appearing as soloist and concertmistress of the Stromberg-Carlson string orchestra.[5]
Her annual Town Hall recital in 1956 elicited this commentary in The New York Times: "Miss Field is a rare combination, an extremely facile technician who also comprehends that the task of the performer is to make music rather than to set a new record for the track. It is true that in bravura playing Miss Field is by no means found wanting; but mere technique is never allowed to get in the way of the music."[12]
Field performed and recorded extensively in Europe during the 1950s and early 1960s, notably with expatriate American conductor Dean Dixon. Her instrument during those years was a 1698 "long pattern" Stradivarius once owned by Joseph Joachim[13][14] She also appeared as piano accompanist with string player colleagues.[15]
A longtime resident of Miami Beach, Florida,[16] she retired from the concert stage in 1965. She died in Miami Beach in 1988 [17]
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^Russell McLauchlin (February 9, 1942). "Young Violinist Scores at Symphony Concert". The Detroit News. p. 1.
^J.D. Callaghan (February 9, 1942). "Miss Field's Violin Solo Is Hit of Evening". Detroit Free Press. p. 1.
^N.S. (August 1, 1938). "An American Bill by Philharmonic". The New York Times.
^ ab"Joan Field, Concert Violinist, Finds Relaxation in Native Long Branch", Asbury Park Press, January 28, 1945. Accessed November 21, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Long Branch - Seeking refuge from a whirl of concerts, radio broadcasts, rehearsals, interviews, Joan Field, noted violinist, returns to this city, her birthplace, for rest and relaxation in activities far afield from those connected with her professional career."
^Helen Wells (August 6, 1954). "Gold Piano Looked Lovely, Sounded Tinny; FDR Agreed". The Miami Herald.
^"Joan Field to Make White House Appearance Tonight". Long Branch Daily Record. January 14, 1937. p. 1.
^Henry Cowell (April 1953). "Reviews of Records, The Musical Quarterly, Vol. 39, No. 2". 39. Oxford University Press: 323–325. JSTOR739957. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
^M.A.S. (January 9, 1945). "Barzin Presents Two New Concerti". The New York Times.
^Mac Smith (February 21, 1960). "She's Soloist For Symphony". Miami News. pp. 9 (in "Florida Living").
^Walter Powers (December 14, 1957). "Think You Got Troubles? Pity the 4 O'clock Morning Fiddler". Tampa Morning Tribune.
^J.B. (October 31, 1956). "Joan Field Heard in Violin Recital". The New York Times.
