Joseph Spooner's work as a soloist, chamber musician and recording artist has taken him across the UK, France, the Netherlands and Russia. He developed interests in both neglected and contemporary repertoire while studying on scholarship at the Royal Academy of Music.

His work since then with various contemporary music ensembles (notably Continuum and New Music Players) has included performances at major festivals and broadcasts on BBC Radio and Channel 4. Joseph's interest in neglected repertoire has led, after much research, to performances and recordings of previously ignored works. Critics have praised Joseph's discs and the initiative they entail, and audiences have greatly appreciated hearing these pieces.

February 2009 saw the release of Romantics in England: Music for Cello and Piano on Dutton Epoch, which includes premiere recordings of important works by Macfarren, Balfe, Coleridge-Taylor and Bainton. Plans include a further volume of English repertoire for cello and piano and chamber concerts in New York.

Joseph is proud to be the dedicatee of Alwynne Pritchard's Danaides and Errollyn Wallen's Spirit Symphony: Speed Dating for Two Orchestras. He plays a Nicholas Vuillaume cello of c.1865.