Julie Yu, DMA
Director of Choral Activities, Professor of Music
Music
Music - Conducting & Ensembles
Biography
Dr. Julie Yu (She/Her/Hers) is Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies at the Wanda L. Bass School of Music at Â鶹´«Ã½ City University and the Artistic Director of Canterbury Voices, Â鶹´«Ã½â€™s premier symphony chorus.
She holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from the University of Central Â鶹´«Ã½, Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from Â鶹´«Ã½ State University, and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Choral Conducting from the University of North Texas. Before joining Â鶹´«Ã½ and Canterbury Voices, she taught at Norman North High School in Â鶹´«Ã½, San José State University, and Kansas State University.
She has given presentations, conducted, and/or her choirs have performed for state and regional conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, National Association for Music Education, and the European Music Educators Association. She is the past president of the Southwestern Region of the American Choral Directors Association and served as an International Conducting Exchange Fellow to Kenya in 2019.
Her favorite area of research and performance is working as a guest clinician/conductor for various honor choirs and professional organizations.
