She is currently playing around town with Brianne de Vertieul and Her Savvy 6, The Victoria Civic Orchestra, The Liz Beattie Band, Aidan Knight, Victoria’s own Neil Diamond tribute; Double Diamond, and Victoria’s #1 Gypsy Marching Band; Bucan Bucan. She has also had the pleasure of playing with The Sooke Philharmonic, The Commodores Big Band, Vancouver's Said The Whale, and Toronto's O’Darling. You can also hear her on recordings with bands such as, The Racoons, The Paper Cranes, Forestry, and her own EP with Aidan Knight, Awktober. As well as trumpet, Julia plays accordion, ukulele, sings, and composes music in a variety of genres. 

Julia's teaching focuses on leading with the sound. We've got to hear the notes before we play them! When we can learn to do that, the trumpet suddenly gets a lot easier. She loves to work with students of all ages and levels, and wants them all to get a chance to play the music they really love, be it jazz, classical, top 20 radio, or Balkan brass! She strives to help all her students form a daily warm-up routine specific to their skills and goals, and is always working towards pulling out her students' rich trumpet tone, whether they realize it or not!