Julia Bullock was born on July 16,1986 and is a Grammy-winning American soprano originally from St Louis, Missouri.
13 Facts About Julia Bullock
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Julia Bullock received her bachelor's degree from the Eastman School of Music at the University of Rochester and her master's from Bard College's graduate vocal-arts program, where she worked with Dawn Upshaw.
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Julia Bullock went on to complete an artist diploma program at Juilliard in 2015.
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Julia Bullock holds the Lindemann Vocal Chair with Young Concert Artists, and is supported by the Barbara Forester Austin Fund for Art Song.
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Julia Bullock cites Nina Simone and Billie Holiday as early influences.
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In 2013, when she was still at Juilliard, Julia Bullock performed with Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony.
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Julia Bullock met composer John Adams, who has called her his "muse," in 2014.
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Julia Bullock sang the role of Dame Shirley in San Francisco Opera's 2017 world premiere of Adams's opera Girls of the Golden West.
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Julia Bullock premiered the role in the European debut of the opera, at the Dutch National Opera, in Amsterdam.
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Julia Bullock has organized benefit concerts for the Shropshire Music Foundation and International Playground, two non-profits that serve war-affected children and adolescents through music education and performance programs in Kosovo, Northern Ireland, Uganda, and St Louis.
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Julia Bullock participated in the Music and Medicine Benefit Concert for New York's Weill Medical Center.
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Julia Bullock serves on the advisory board of Turn the Spotlight, which works to promote equity in the arts.
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Julia Bullock is married to conductor Christian Reif, with whom she has a son.