Julie began playing violin at age 5 in the Suzuki method. She grew up listening to classical music and Motown, and received her first taste of musical immersion during summers at a northern Michigan music camp. She continued studies and completed a degree in violin performance. Following graduation, she undertook a year long, solitary journey in Europe, where ostensibly, she studied violin pedagogy. During this year, however, she became disillusioned with the typical goals of a violinist - perfecting the standard repertoire and finding a position in an orchestra or music school - and became aware that the standard repertoire, even the aesthetic of Western tonality, was not adequate for expressing herself. In an effort to create her own musical vocabulary, she quit playing violin, choosing instead to explore writing and noise-making, and eventually found her way into the international experimental noise community. This brought her back to the violin, and to New York. In NYC, Julie has found comradeship with musicians who stretch the boundaries of their fields, including the duo SlowNoises, AwRY, and the Luminescent Orchestrii. Julianne also teaches violin privately and in the public schools. She earned her B.Mus. degree from Lawrence University in 2001, and was a Thomas J. Watson Fellow from 2001-2002. She has attended the Meadowmount School of Music, and is a registered teacher with the Suzuki Association of the Americas. Julianne joined the Luminescent Orchestrii in late summer 2004.

julie@lumii.org