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Julia Morris is a recent graduate of the University of Michigan where she earned her MM degree in Choral Conducting in 2023. While studying with Dr. Eugene Rogers at UM, Morris assisted Dr. Julie Skadsem with the University of Michigan’s Women’s Glee Club and assisted Professor Mark Stover with UM’s high school initiative Michigan Youth Chamber Singers. A conductor and vocalist native to California, Morris has worked throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. As an Artist-in-Residence at the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts from 2019 to 2021, she directed the treble ensemble Anacrusis and coached student conductors. From 2018 to 2021, Morris served as the inaugural member of the conducting staff for National Children’s Chorus’s San Francisco chapter, where she conducted the Senior Division’s Debut Ensemble. From 2018 to 2021, Morris worked closely with Ming Luke as Assistant Conductor for Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra (BCCO), with whom she made her international conducting debut on their summer 2019 tour to the Baltic States. She is ever grateful to Eric Choate and the Episcopal Church of Saint Mary the Virgin who offered Morris her first opportunity to study choral conducting as their Conducting Scholar. Seeking additional growth, she has participated in two summer Choral Artistry Institutes at Eastman School of Music under the direction of Dr. William Weinert. She is delighted to have sung with Ragnar Bohlin as a member of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus from 2018-2021. She received her BA in music and psychology from Kenyon College.
