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Julie Mitchell graduated with her Bachelor of Music in Music Education (Choral Concentration) and Bachelor of Arts in Music (Composition) from Kennesaw State University in December of 2015. She received her Master of Music in Composition from Georgia Southern University in May of 2018. Julie studied with Assistant Professor of Composition and Music Theory, Martin Gendelman, at GSU. She is the former chorus teacher at Statesboro High School. Her compositional debut in Statesboro occurred in ...show more Julie Mitchell graduated with her Bachelor of Music in Music Education (Choral Concentration) and Bachelor of Arts in Music (Composition) from Kennesaw State University in December of 2015. She received her Master of Music in Composition from Georgia Southern University in May of 2018. Julie studied with Assistant Professor of Composition and Music Theory, Martin Gendelman, at GSU. She is the former chorus teacher at Statesboro High School. Her compositional debut in Statesboro occurred in 2016 during the ArgUs 2016 New Music International Collaboration Project at Georgia Southern with her chamber orchestra piece, CheckMate. In April 2018, GSU students performed in Julie Mitchell's Graduate Recital, featuring chamber works, songs from music show productions, and choral works. As a high school student, she was highly involved in performances outside of school, including All-State Chorus, District Honor Chorus, and Governor’s Honors Program. While pursuing her undergraduate degree, Julie was an active participant in KSU’s performance ensembles, including KSU’s Chamber Singers, Opera Theater, and Jazz Combos. Upon her entrance to KSU in 2010, she was chosen to perform in the elite choir. During her time at KSU, she worked with Composer-in-Residence, Dr. Laurence Sherr and studied voice with mezzo-soprano Valerie Walters. Since then, she has continued to pursue performance opportunities. She also has acquired a vast amount of teaching experience through her work as a Student Assistant and Lab Assistant at KSU, along with the semester she spent student teaching in Cobb County public schools. Her compositional debut at KSU occurred in 2011 during the Festival of New Music with her SSA piece, Je T’adore pour Éternité. In this recital, she was both the only female composer from KSU and the youngest student. In the fall of 2013, she was the winner of KSU’s Concerto Competition, having the opportunity to hear her piece performed by KSU’s Chamber Singers for their 2014 Spring Concert, under the direction of Dr. Leslie Blackwell. For the KSU Student Composition Recital held on April 14th, 2015, she premiered her 6-movement cantata entitled Psalm 139. This was the most extensive student-led work to be featured at Kennesaw State University, including an ensemble of approximately 70 performers. On April 29th, 2018, she held her graduate recital, including her commissioned work for the Georgia Southern Chorale under the direction of Dr. Shannon Jeffreys, We Will Not Be Broken, a text written by Julie's sister, Jordan N. Jordan. In the spring of 2016, she received an Honorable Mention for the Treefalls & SPO Call for Scores with her piece for brass quintet, Vérfürdő. She was recognized at their March 4th concert in Spartanburg, SC, along with her participation with 6 other composers at the Composer Roundtable Discussion at the Upstate University of South Carolina. In the spring of 2016, she was selected as an alternate composer in the 24-Hour Opera Project, presented by the Atlanta Opera. In the summer of 2016, her SATB piece, Sonnet 116, was chosen 1 of 4 as part of the Vox Nova Chorale Call for Scores for Emerging Women Composers, out of 94 submissions. The piece premiered during the group's Celebrating Great Composers (Who Happen to be Women) concert at St. Mary's Chapel in St. Paul, Minnesota, on the St. Paul Seminary Campus. On January 13th, 2017, she was selected as the Society of Composers, Inc.'s Member of the Day. She was chosen as a participant in the 2017 Charlotte New Music Festival and Composers Workshop. Her works, All's Well That Ends Well for flute and dizi, and Phantasm for violin and cello were premiered by Duo Zonda (Orlando Cela, dizi, Wei Zhao, flute) and Beo String Quartet, respectively during the workshop. She was chosen as a participant in the CORO Institute for Choral Composers in the spring of 2017. Julie is a former private music instructor and continues to spend her free time creating under several mediums. On April 5th, 2021, she released her first album, Thunder, found on Spotify, iTunes, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music, Facebook, and Instagram worldwide. In April of 2022, she released her first post-rock album under an alias, Child of Danu. "Awen" is an album that explores meditative music through instrumentation and voice. show less

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The Bells
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Sonnet 116
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A Dream Within a Dream
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We Will Not Be Broken
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