B.M. Violin Performance - Bradley University 2016
M.M. Violin Performance - The Hartt School 2018
D.M.A. Violin Performance - The Hartt School 2022
- Doctoral Minor in Music History
As an active performer, violinist Julie Haring has performed throughout the United States, Europe, and Central America. While pursuing her undergraduate degree at Bradley University, she performed in the Peoria Symphony Orchestra, Bradley Symphony, and was first violinist of the Hilltop String Quartet. While living in Hartford Dr. Haring performed throughout the New England area, served as concertmaster of the Connecticut Valley Symphony Orchestra, and was a founding member of the Luna String Quartet. An advocate for new music, Julie also performed in Foot in the Door, a contemporary music ensemble that champions works by living composers such as Henrik Strindberg and Donald Grantham.
In competition, Julie has won several solo and chamber competitions. She was a finalist in the Delta Symphony Orchestra Concerto competition in both 2016 and 2017 and won the Bradley Symphony concerto competition in 2014. During the spring of 2017 her piano trio placed third in the Hartt School Chamber Competition with a performance of Schumann’s Piano Trio No. 3. Most recently, her string quartet, Luna String Quartet, advanced to the semi-finals of the Coltman Chamber Music Competition in Austin, TX.
As soloist, Dr. Haring has been featured with the Bradley Symphony Orchestra, Connecticut Valley Symphony Orchestra, and as an alumni soloist with the Kankakee Valley Youth Symphony and Lincoln-Way Central Orchestra. In the 2021-22 season, Dr.. Haring performed with the Lincoln-Sudbury Community Orchestra. This year she has performed with the Manchester Symphony Orchestra (CT).
Ms. Haring has performed in masterclasses for members of the American, Brentano, Verona, Arianna, St. Lawrence, Chiara, and Apple Hill string quartets as well as for renowned violin pedagogues such as Greg Fulkerson, James Buswell, Sibbi Bernhardsson, and Paul Kantor. She has also had the privilege of attending summer festivals such as the Arianna Chamber Music Festival and ARIA International Summer Academy. In June 2019, the Luna String Quartet received a fellowship to attend the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music on a full tuition scholarship.
With a strong commitment to education and community outreach, Ms. Haring was an active teacher and performer in the Great Hartford area before moving to Alabama. She maintained a private studio and continues to give concerts throughout New England in churches, rural village stores, and old barns. Globally, she has worked with Teaching Artists International to bring music to underprivileged students around the world, most recently in Guatemala. Julie received her Bachelors of Music in Violin Performance in 2016 from Bradley University and her Masters of Music in 2018 from The Hartt School. Currently, she is working towards her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at The Hartt School. Her principal teachers have included Casey McGrath, Marcia Henry Liebenow and Anton Miller. In her free time, Julie enjoys hiking, running, playing games, and spending time with her “little brother” through Nutmeg Big Brothers Big Sisters. She looks forward to her time living in the South and working with the students and musicians here!