Julia has been playing the violin for 30 years and singing professionally for 15.  She studied music at Boston University, New England Conservatory, Furman University, where she received her B.A. in Music, and Connecticut College, where she served as Concert Mistress of the Connecticut College Symphony.  Expressing her Scottish roots, she has played in Celtic circles for 15 years, opening for The Battlefield Band and performing at the New Hampshire Scottish Highland Games, Dayton Celtic Festival, and Appaloosa Festival.  She is a constant student of Charlie Parker's Omnibook.

 

 

Julia received operatic training under David E. Starkey, James Demler, and Sylvia Greenberg and has been a vocal soloist with the Oratorio Society of Virginia, the Furman University Singers, and UVA Jazz Band of Charlottesville, VA.  She is a coloratura soprano and sings in a cross-over jazz and classical style.

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Julia currently lives in Charlottesville, VA, where she teaches violin and voice in her private studio and at the Scottsville Center for Arts and Nature.  She plays regularly with The Matthew McAllister Band and as one half of The Mountain Larks, a violin/cello duo.

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