Julia Davids
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Dr. Julia Davids née Olson was born and raised in London, Ontario. She was a founding member of the Canadian Chamber Choir and in 2004 took over from Iwan Edwards as its Artistic Director. Dr. Davids serves as Director of Music Ministries at Trinity United Methodist Church and conducts.
[edit] Career
Davids is a performer, educator and conductor. As a soprano soloist, she is an avid performer, having appeared with the Amabile Youth Singers, the Ontario Youth Choir and the National Youth Choir, Opera Atelier, the Vancouver Cantata Singers, the Toronto Chamber Choir, the Toronto Consort, the Guelph Chamber Choir, the Aradia Ensemble, the Forces of Virtue, the Penninsula Music Festival, the Publick Musick and the Mark Morris Dance Company in Chicago.
As an educator, Julia has given workshops on vocal pedagogy with many groups, including the Royal Canadian Guild of Organists. She is on faculty at Loyola University
As a conductor, Dr. Davids directed several choirs; including the Canadian Chamber Choir, the Northwestern University Women's Chorus , the Camerata Singers of Lake Forest, the 2006 Nova Scotia Youth Choir tour.
[edit] Education
She has two degrees from the University of Western Ontario (B.Mus.Hons.Ed. and B.Ed.), two Masters degrees from the University of Michigan (Voice Performance and Conducting), and a Doctorate in Music from Northwestern University.
