BIOGRAPHY
Currently attending The Juilliard School after graduating from Bard College's Graduate Vocal Arts Program "Bullock, a stunningly confident soprano, seems ready for the stage." (LA Times) Julia has already sung in some of the premiere concert halls and music festivals across North America; and this fall she excitedly made her South American debut performing the role of Pamina in the tour of Peter Brook's Molière Award winning Une flûte enchantée (A Magic Flute).
Julia enjoys the collaborative process with both pianists and composers. She most recently attended SongFest as a Stern Fellow where she worked intimately with pianist Roger Vignoles, and composers John Musto and Libby Larsen. Last spring she premiered pieces written for her by young Chinese composer Shen Yiwen in the Upshaw - Dennehy, Singer/Composer Workshop at Carnegie Hall, after which she was acclaimed by the New York Times as a performer of "appealing freshness." Julia has demonstrated a strong interest in chamber music during her performances at the Ojai Music Festival, and in the MUSIC ALIVE! series curated by composer/Grammy Award winner Joan Tower. In February Julia returned to Carnegie Hall to debut with the American Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Leon Botstein, and in June will travel with Botstein on a joint tour with the Bard Music Festival and Conservatory to China.
Dedicated to presenting literary art song repertoire, Julia has given public recitals in Los Angeles, Malibu, Minnesota, St. Louis, Dallas, New York and a critically acclaimed William Warfield Scholarship Recital in which Rochester's Democrat and Chronicle remarked: “Those who were drawn in by her haunting voice weren’t just paying her compliments, they were thanking her.”
She has performed the opera roles Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Monica (The Medium), and the title role in L’Enfant et les Sortilèges. She also developed the role of Gonzales in the newly staged premiere of composer Melissa Dunphy's The Gonzales Cantata, based on the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings of former Attorny General Alberto Gonzales.
This "notable, native daughter" of St. Louis, Missouri (Post-Dispatch) continues to draw on her roots while building a career in vocal music. By having performed with the dissident music project Burning Bayreuth; lived in a housing community that promotes social justice and environmental sustainability; and organized benefit concerts and recitals, Julia has identified ways to integrate her professional training with her community activism.
Julia is a prize winner of Bard Conservatory's Concerto Competition ('10), the Friends of Eastman Opera Competition ('09) and she participated in the Artists in Training (AIT) program with Opera Theater of St. Louis (2003-'05) graduating with the prestigious Marielle Hubner Award. Julia was the first recipient of the Mimi Levitt Scholarship at Bard College where she earned her M.M. ('11), and she holds a bachelors from the Eastman School of Music ('09). Julia currently studies with Edith Bers at Juilliard, and is a member of Actor's Equity.
Julia enjoys the collaborative process with both pianists and composers. She most recently attended SongFest as a Stern Fellow where she worked intimately with pianist Roger Vignoles, and composers John Musto and Libby Larsen. Last spring she premiered pieces written for her by young Chinese composer Shen Yiwen in the Upshaw - Dennehy, Singer/Composer Workshop at Carnegie Hall, after which she was acclaimed by the New York Times as a performer of "appealing freshness." Julia has demonstrated a strong interest in chamber music during her performances at the Ojai Music Festival, and in the MUSIC ALIVE! series curated by composer/Grammy Award winner Joan Tower. In February Julia returned to Carnegie Hall to debut with the American Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Leon Botstein, and in June will travel with Botstein on a joint tour with the Bard Music Festival and Conservatory to China.
Dedicated to presenting literary art song repertoire, Julia has given public recitals in Los Angeles, Malibu, Minnesota, St. Louis, Dallas, New York and a critically acclaimed William Warfield Scholarship Recital in which Rochester's Democrat and Chronicle remarked: “Those who were drawn in by her haunting voice weren’t just paying her compliments, they were thanking her.”
She has performed the opera roles Susanna (Le Nozze di Figaro), Monica (The Medium), and the title role in L’Enfant et les Sortilèges. She also developed the role of Gonzales in the newly staged premiere of composer Melissa Dunphy's The Gonzales Cantata, based on the Senate Judiciary Committee hearings of former Attorny General Alberto Gonzales.
This "notable, native daughter" of St. Louis, Missouri (Post-Dispatch) continues to draw on her roots while building a career in vocal music. By having performed with the dissident music project Burning Bayreuth; lived in a housing community that promotes social justice and environmental sustainability; and organized benefit concerts and recitals, Julia has identified ways to integrate her professional training with her community activism.
Julia is a prize winner of Bard Conservatory's Concerto Competition ('10), the Friends of Eastman Opera Competition ('09) and she participated in the Artists in Training (AIT) program with Opera Theater of St. Louis (2003-'05) graduating with the prestigious Marielle Hubner Award. Julia was the first recipient of the Mimi Levitt Scholarship at Bard College where she earned her M.M. ('11), and she holds a bachelors from the Eastman School of Music ('09). Julia currently studies with Edith Bers at Juilliard, and is a member of Actor's Equity.
