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"You can't believe the difference three trombones make in creating the sound of doom..."
-Jesse Green, NY Times
"The music is moody, steady, and very excellently played."
- David Finlayson, Trombonist
of the New York Philharmonic
Julie is a New York City trombonist performing a variety of genres with a focus in chamber music, orchestra and Broadway. Known for her innovative spirit and versatile performance, Julie can be heard performing regularly at the Belasco Theatre with the Maybe Happy Ending orchestra, playing pop mash ups with Brass by the Slice, or performing throughout NYC with Riverside Brass Quintet.
As a Broadway musician,
Julie is currently one of the members of the Maybe Happy Ending Broadway orchestra and feels most fulfilled when making music to help develop and support a story. You can add a lot with a plunger "wah"! She has performed numerous shows including her favorites Merrily We Roll Along (Hudson Theatre/NYTW), Other World (DTC), and Most Happy in Concert (WTF). She held one of the trombone chairs for the Radio City Christmas Spectacular Orchestra in 2021 and in the Sweeney Todd Broadway Revival in 2023.
As a chamber musician,
Julie performs regularly in a chamber setting with Riverside Brass Quintet (RBQ). As an ensemble, RBQ is committed to supporting and uplifting the work of contemporary NYC-based artists. She has performed with various ensembles at the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival and the Usdan Summer Camp for the Arts. For Julie, playing in a chamber music setting provides some of the most artistically rewarding performances. She has especially felt this performing with TILT Brass, NOVUS NY, Patriot Brass, Press Start, Brass in the Bandshell, and subtle cheetah brass quintet.
Commercially,
Julie has performed with various NYC bands including the Ines Velasco Big Band, Brass Queens, the Fresh Kids of Bel-Air, ZapOte, the Doll Parts, The Climatics, Brass by the Slice, Top Queens, and New Heights Brass Band. During the pandemic, she couldn't put a pause on her craft and created, produced and recorded two video series with engineer and producer, Nich "S!lky" Jones; "NYC Quarantine Series" and "A Covid Christmas". You can hear Julie on recent releases including "Tell Me" by Mariah Little, "Back to Me" by Reuben Reuel and "Pelican" produced by Katherine Etzel.
As an orchestral musician,
Julie regularly performs with many orchestras throughout NYC. Notably, she has played with Teatro Grattacielo, American Lyric Theater, League of Composers Orchestra, the Irish Tenors, Modus Operandi Orchestra, Terpsikord, Pegasus the Orchestra, the Hudson Chorale, the Orchestra Now, the Montclair Orchestra. She has performed at Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Rose Hall at Jazz at Lincoln Center and the Kennedy Center.
As an educator,
Julie enjoys bringing her performance experience and freelance expertise to the next generation of musicians. She has been guest masterclass artist at Montclair State University, Ithaca College and led the low brass sectionals with Fordham University's Rose Hill Orchestra. Julie was also the New York State Summer School of the Arts - Orchestral Studies low brass education specialist in 2019.
Throughout her studies,
she was a recipient of the Elaine and Stephen Stamas New York Philharmonic Scholarship, the Winifred Bouck Scholarship, the Allan Treman Scholarship, and the Col. G. Howard Music Scholarship. Julie holds a Master of Music from the Manhattan School of Music '20 and a Bachelor of Music from Ithaca College '18. Her primary instructors included Colin Williams, David Finlayson, Jeffery Gray and Dr. Harold Reynolds.
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