Julie Cross
Julie Cross Director of Choral Activities, Assistant Professor
Vivian Bull Music Center (VBMC) 141
Dr. Julie Cross is a performing mezzo-soprano, collaborative pianist, and choir director. She is Director of Choirs and Assistant Professor of Music at Linfield University. In addition to directing Linfield Concert Choir and Cascara Voce (Linfield Treble Choir), Dr. Cross teaches applied voice lessons, Music Fundamentals, Keyboard Skills, and other music courses. She has been a versatile musician throughout her career and has been a voice teacher, choir director, musical theatre director, church music director, organist, piano teacher, and accompanist/collaborative pianist. Though her training has been traditional, she has worked with many genres of music and enjoys teaching students with varied musical interests from jazz to musical theatre to pop or rock.
For 13 years, she has been part of the musical leadership at Lake Chelan Bach Festival in WA, serving as Choir Director and Alto Soloist. She has performed throughout the country and has given master classes and presentations at national and international conferences and festivals. She was a two-term treasurer for the International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) and has written many reviews for the IAWM Journal. Before she came to Linfield, she taught at Seattle Conservatory of Music, Doane University, Nebraska Wesleyan University, was a music director for Theatre Arts for Kids, a church musician in multiple denominations, and served as a tenured professor in the University of Wisconsin system. Past performances include Lincoln Center Out-of-Doors, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, Seattle Choral Consortium, Omaha Symphony Orchestra, Ann Arbor (MI) Festival of Song, Abendmusik (NE), Wisconsin Public Radio Live Broadcasts, Chautauqua Amphitheatre, The Old Church Concert Hall and Festival of Women Composers International.
Education
- B.M. Oberlin College
- M.M. Manhattan School of Music
- D.M.A. University of Michigan