About Us

Composition Instruction:

2005 - present: Private instruction with Lee Hyla, New England Conservatory-Harvard Combined Degree Program
Summer 2005: European American Musical Alliance, Paris (Professor Richard Lasser)
1996-2004: Private instruction with Rodney Lister at the New England Conservatory
Summer 2004: Boston University Tanglewood Institute Composition Program (Richard Cornell andShih-Hui Chen)
Summer 2004: SongFest (John Harbison and James Primosh)
Summer 2003: Boston University Tanglewood Institute Composition Program (Richard Cornell and Paul Brust)
Summer 2000: Boston University Tanglewood Institute Composition Program (Tom Williams)
1995 - 1996: Composition Seminar with Howard Frazin and Phil Ratliff, Longy School of Music
1994 - 1995: Private instruction with Howard Frazin at the Longy School of Music

Theory Instruction:

2005 - 2006: Theory II ( Music 154) with Howard Stern at Harvard College
2004 - 2005: Theory I (Music 51) with John Stewart at Harvard College
2000 - 2001: Theory IV-2 with Larry Bell at the New England Conservatory of Music
1999 - 2000: Theory IV-1 with Stephen Savage at the New England Conservatory
1998 - 1999: Theory III-2: Music History with Paul Beaudoin at the New England Conservatory
1997 - 1998: Private instruction in harmonic theory with Rodney Lister at N.E.C.
1996 - 1997: Theory III-1: Counterpoint and harmony with Michael Weinstein at N.E.C.
1993 - 1995: Theory III, II, I: Longy School of Music with Patsy Sampson

Instrumental Instruction:

2005 - present: Harpsichord with Peter Sykes
2004 - present: Flute with Suzanne Stumpf
2004 - 2005: Voice with Sarah Whitten
1999 - present: Piano with Sergey Schepkin
1999 - 2000: Voice with Kathryn Fields
1995 - 1999: Piano with Ossie Borosh
1994: Violin with Mary Ann Vacher
1993: Harpsichord with Jim Nicolson
1992 - 1995: Piano with Barbara Roth-Donaldson

Chamber Music and Small Ensemble Instruction:

2005 - present: Juventas Music
2005 - present: Harvard University Choir (Conductor: Edward Jones)
2004 - present: Harvard University Baroque String Orchestra (Harpsichord) (Conductor: Robert Mealy)
2004 - present: Radcliffe Choral Society, Holden Choir (Conductor: Jameson Marvin)
2004 - 2005: Harvard University Wind Ensemble (Flute) (Conductors: Tom Everett / Mark Olson)
2004 - 2005: Harvard University Mather House Chamber Ensemble / Sonata Duo (Coach: Elfrieda Hiebert)
2004 - 2005: Harvard University Mather House Chamber Ensemble/Baroque Ensemble (Coach: Todd Beckham)
2003 - 2004: The Kellner Trio, New England Conservatory of Music (Coach: Rodney Lister)
2003 - 2004: The Seleman Trio, New England Conservatory of Music (Coach: Rodney Lister)
2002 - 2004: New England Conservatory of Music/Baroque Chamber Quartet (coach: Aldo Abreu)
2001 - 2002: New England Conservatory of Music/Piano Trio (Coach: Rodney Lister)
2000 - 2001: New England Conservatory of Music/Piano Trio (Coach: Sergey Schepkin)
1998 - 2000: New England Conservatory of Music/Sonata Duo (Coach: Maria Benotti)
1997 - 1998: New England Conservatory of Music/Piano Trio (Coach: Caroline Wolff)
1997: Music On The Hill (coaches: Magdalena Richter and Eda Mazo-Shlyam)
1996 - 1997: Private piano trio (coach: Ossie Borosh)
1996 - 1997: New England Conservatory of Music/Piano Trio (Coach: Gwendoline Thornblade)
1996: Music on the Hill (coaches: Eda Mazo-Shlyam and Ossie Borosh)
1996: Private chamber group (coaches: Jennifer Elowitch and Ossie Borosh)
1995 - 1996: Piano Duo at Longy (coach: Leslie Amper)
1995: Music On The Hill (coaches: Patsy Sampson and Judy Bedford)
1993 - 1994: Longy School of Music (coach: Trix Kout)

Achievements:

6/4/01: New England Conservatory Certificate of Achievement for Composition, Level IV (honors)
6/5/99: New England Conservatory Certificate of Achievement for Composition, Level III (honors)
6/6/98: New England Conservatory Certificate of Achievement in Composition, Level II
3/16/97: Massachusetts Music Teachers Examination Award, Level VII, with distinction
6/8/96: Preparatory Studies Junior Certificate, Longy School of Music

Awards:

5/24/05: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Plus Awards 2004, recipient
4/24/05: ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award, Honorable Mention, for Piano Concerto
6/5/04: Frances B. Lanier Award, New England Conservatory of Music
6/4/04: The A. Howard Abell Prize, Milton Academy, Milton, Massachusetts
5/26/04: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Plus Awards 2003, recipient
4/24/04: ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award, for Cent'annni!
12/1/03: National Foundation for the Advancement of the Arts, Honorable Mention
5/27/03: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Plus Awards 2003, recipient
4/22/03: ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award, for Escape
4/12/03: Rivers Music School 25th Annual Seminar on Contemporary Music Composition Prize
8/3/02: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Plus Awards 2002, recipient
4/15/02: ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award, for Harvest
3/31/02: International Young Composers Competition, St. Petersburg, Russia, Senior Division, Second Prize,
for Pas de deux
8/7/01: Davidson Fellowship and Scholarship Award, Davidson Institute for Talent Development
8/4/01: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Plus Awards 2001, recipient
6/15/01: Pinnacle Scholar, Pinnacle Project, The American Psychological Association
5/15/01: Harvard Music Association Composition Prize
4/25/01: ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award, for Sabrina Lake Sketchbook
4/11/01: Greater Twin Cities Youth Symphonies Peer-to-Peer Commissioning Project Award
4/07/01: Milton Young Musicians Festival, Piano Performance - level 8, gold medal
8/1/00: American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Plus Awards 2000, recipient
6/15/00: National Guild of Community Schools of the Arts Young Composer Awards, Junior Division, Second Prize,
for Pas de deux
4/20/00: ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award, for The Legend of Old Befana
1/25/00: Music Teachers National Association (MTNA) Student Composition Competition Junior High School Division,
Eastern Division and National Winner, The Promise
11/5/99: Massachusetts Music Teachers Association (MMTA) Student Composition Competition Junior High School
Division, Winner, The Promise
5/28/99: ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Award, for the triple concerto, The Crossing
3/31/99: International Young Composers Competition, St. Petersburg, Russia, Diploma, for Tempest Trilogy
11/8/98: Massachusetts Music Teachers Association (MMTA) Student Composition Competition Junior High School
Division, Winner, for Saturday, February 12, 1944
7/25/98: Marilyn K. Glick Young Composers Showcase/ Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, winner, The Snow Queen
5/11/98: ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award, for the orchestral score, The Snow Queen
3/31/98: International Young Composers Competition, St. Petersburg, Russia, Second Place, for the piano trio,
The Upstairs Room
5/9/97: ASCAP Foundation, Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, Special Citation, for the string quartet, Triptych
4/6/97: New England Pianoforte Teachers' Association Composition Competition, First Place, for the piano trio,
The Upstairs Room

Affiliations:

Many of Julia's works are published by the Theodore Presser Music Publishing Company, King of Prussia,
Pennsylvania. Julia is a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (A.S.C.A.P.) and the
American Composers Forum. From 2000 to 2003, Julia was active in the Cultural Leadership Program at the
Conservatory Lab Charter School of Boston. She is a member of the first group of Pinnacle Scholars selected by the
American Psychological Association (her mentor is conductor Beatrice Affron) and a fellow of the Davidson Institute.
Julia is an honorary member of the board of the Wellesley Symphony. She served as the principal guest composer for
the Etowah Youth Symphony for the 2004 - 2005 season, a position funded by a grant from Honda Manufacturing of
Alabama.

In addition to the performance groups listed above, Julia, a sophomore at Harvard College, is an active member of the
college's Piano Society, an officer of the Contemporary Music Ensemble, Assistant Music Director of the Gilbert and
Sullivan Society, a board member of the Dunster House Opera Society, and board member and student assistant
music director of the Harvard Early Music Society. Julia is also a co-founder of Juventas Music, a consortium of young
Boston-based musicians dedicated to the promotion of contemporary works. In September, Julia became in the first
five students admitted to the newly created New England Conservatory - Harvard University combined degree
program, which will allow her to receive her undergraduate degree from Harvard in 2008 and her master's degree
from the New England Conservatory in 2009. She is studying at the New England Conservatory with Lee Hyla.

Non-Musical Awards and Affiliations:

2001: The Wales Prize for Science, Milton Academy, Milton Massachusetts
2004: National Merit Finalist
2004: The Bisbee Prize for History, Milton Academy, Milton Massachusetts
2004: Cum Laude Society, Milton Academy, Milton, Massachusetts