Piano & Violin Lessons
Julie launched herself into music early in life, beginning to learn the piano at age five and the violin at age nine. Following this young start, Julie has participated in one or more performing orchestral or symphonic groups continuously for over thirty years. In addition to the school programs, she sought greater challenges in honor orchestras and the district-wide symphonies at both the middle school and high school levels. Before finishing high school, Julie was honored to play with the Mormon Youth Symphony, the predecessor to the Orchestra at Temple Square, where she recorded albums and toured the western United States. She now performs regularly with the Salt Lake Symphony which she joined in 2002.
Julie earned her Bachelors of Music Education at the University of Utah in 2001, where she studied the violin with Barbara Scowcroft, David Park and John Chatelaine. She studied conducting with Dr. Barry Kopetz. She continues her music studies with formal Suzuki training, including regular participation in Suzuki Institute events since 2006. She loves applying new ideas both to her own playing and her teaching.
Julie enjoys sharing her passion for music with others. Since 1999, she taught piano and violin lessons from her home, touching the lives of hundreds of musicians, young and old. Her three children have also been her piano students with each learning other instruments and following her example by being active in community music events. Outside the home, Julie was the director of bands for Oquirrh Hills Middle School for two years. For a couple of years she substituted for music teachers in the Tooele Valley, even filling in for over six weeks as the band and orchestra director at Stansbury High School. She currently serves as the strings specialist for the Tooele Valley Youth Symphony.
Julie loves Dr. Suzuki’s teaching that “every child can...” Like Dr. Suzuki, she believes that any student can succeed in music when standards are set high and their environment is supportive and encouraging.
