About Julia

Currently and for almost seven years, Julia has held the position of Soloist at the international headquarters of the Christian Science church in Boston, MA. In this position, Julia has infused the Sunday Services with an elegant and contemporary sound, bringing accessibility to sacred music while also maintaining its time-honored traditions. Each Sunday Julia performs in two services, which are broadcast on the internet where she reaches a world-wide audience. Julia also sang for four years as Soloist in the Spanish Services, which were also broadcast to the international congregation.

As a recording artist, Julia has five solo inspirational CDs to date, including the perennial favorite, Story For The Ages, Julia's Spanish release, Alabado sea Dios and her classic recording, Upon The Mountain. Her most recent CD, Every Day, was the feature project that began the Watchfire Music Listening Room in New York City in the fall of 2010. Julia is currently working on her sixth and newest CD, Silk Road, which is due to be released in the summer of 2012. Julia is signed to the record label, Watchfire Music.

In addition to her other CDs, Julia recently released a new children's CD, Ogden Nash's Custard The Dragon. Julia has performed on other children's CDs as well as musical cast records including Sundown and Africa Plumbridge.

Julia's record label, Watchfire Music, keeps her creatively busy both as a recording artist on the label, and as a key developer and director of WFM's Digital Sheet Music. Julia loves introducing composers and their music to the world through watchfiremusic.com and her own performances.

Julia's work in developing and expanding WFM's Digital Sheet Music started as a natural extension of her work as Soloist in Boston: While leading the way in introducing contemporary, sacred and inspirational music into the church services, Julia has had the distinct honor to search and discover all kinds of new composers and their music to share with her worldwide audience. WFM's Digital Sheet Music emerged out of her ongoing "hunting and gathering" of new music. It remains Julia's great joy to lead with innovative and inspiring ways to support, present and perform beautiful inspirational and healing music.

Note on Julia's background: Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Julia spent the first 2 years of her life in the Midwest and then moved east where she lived all along the eastern seaboard – New Jersey, North Carolina, Georgia and Florida. At the age of nine, Julia's family started moving west again, and she returned to Missouri only to continue on to Colorado and eventually northern California where she finished high school and earned her Bachelor's degree in vocal performance.

Post-college years took Julia to Los Angeles where she performed and taught as an Artist-In-Residence for 6 years with the Los Angeles Music Center, while pursuing her career as a singing actress in opera and theatre. Julia eventually headed to the Big Apple – New York City – to continue her career, which has been her home base ever since.

When asked how her growing up years informed her creative life, Julia answers, “That's easy! I'm a patchwork quilt of many places and ideas — it's the foundation of my eclectic evolution as an artist.”