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Patricia Julien

Patricia Julien is an Associate Professor of Music at the University of Vermont, where she teaches courses in music theory and jazz composition and arranging. Before arriving at UVM, she taught at Skidmore College, George Washington University, and University of Maryland, College Park. She received the Ph.D. in Music Theory from the University of Maryland, College Park, conducting research on the early compositions of jazz saxophonist and composer Wayne Shorter. Patricia has presented her continuing research at the national conference of the Society for Music Theory, at regional New York State and New England SMT meetings, and, by invitation, at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, and various U.S. universities. She has published articles and reviews in Theory and Practice, Annual Review of Jazz Studies, and Jazz Education Journal.

Patricia received the degree Master of Music in Jazz and Commercial Studies from Manhattan School of Music, with emphasis on performance (jazz flute) and composition/arranging. She has appeared in concert at Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and The Kennedy Center, and has toured the eastern United States, Canada, and Europe. While living in New York City, she performed at Birdland, The Knitting Factory, The New Music Café, CBGB’s, and The 55 Bar, and has worked with such artists as Roy Hargrove, Ari Hoenig, Randy Brecker, Ron Elliston, Atilla Engin, and Kenny Wessel. Her latest recording, the Patricia Julien Project's Still Light At Night, is available through itunes and as www.cdbaby.com, along with two recent CDs, Fragile Zoe’s 2010 Frame Problem the Patricia Julien Project’s 2006 Glee.

Patricia has composed and arranged works for solo voice and piano, mixed-voice choral ensembles, contemporary chamber ensembles, small jazz combos, big band, concert band, marching band, and orchestra, and she wrote the original music for UVM’s productions of Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl and India Song by Marguerite Duras. She also composed the score for Ostentatious Poverty, a new play by Minneapolis-based playwright Rachel Perlmeter, which premiered at the 2007 Burlington Discover Jazz Festival and was performed at various theaters throughout the state of Vermont. Patricia has compositions published with Imagine Music Publishing.

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