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Biography

“The radiant quality of Julie's songs inspires human soul striving and leaves the singers, as well as the audience, with joyful strength and hope.” ~Renate Joy, singer and audience member.

Julie has a BA in English Literature from Indiana University and studied music for three years with a focus on composition, conducting, and vocal technique at Oregon State University. She has a Waldorf Teaching certificate from Waldorf Teacher Education Eugene. Julie became interested in the transformative vocal exercises developed by Swedish opera singer, Valborg Werbeck-Svaerdstroem (1879-19-72), and pursued extensive training in the Werbeck schooling with Christiaan Boele, of Finland. She is now a certified teacher of these pedagogical signing exercises, collectively known as the School of Uncovering the Voice. In addition to her knowledge of the pedagogical exercises for singers, Julie is now pursuing a Werbeck therapeutic singing training with Anthroposophical Therapeutic Singing Association of North America (ATSANA), under the tutelage of Stephanie Aurig, of Germany.

Julie gives private voice lessons and directs the Corvallis-based, a capella choir, Hazelwood Ensemble.

Besides composing and arranging music for children, Julie's favorite compositions are primarily a cappella, sacred choral pieces for adults. She loves to set spiritual verses by renowned thinkers and poets, such as Rudolf Steiner, Novalis, and Christian Morgenstern, to music for SATB choirs.

Photo by Woody Fitzgerald