School of Music - Julie Evans
Julie Evans (2002)
Music Theory
B.M. Boston
M.M. Michigan
Julie A. Evans is a Faculty Specialist II in the School of Music at Western Michigan University, where she teaches courses in aural comprehension. She received two degrees in violin performance: a Bachelor of Music from Boston University and a Master of Music from The University of Michigan, graduating summa cum laude from the latter. Her teachers include Jacob Krachmalnick, Gerald Elias, Roger Shermont, and Gerald Gelbloom.
Prior to relocating to Michigan, Evans taught for eight years at Alfred University in New York State, where she developed the string program, conducted the newly formed chamber orchestra, and redesigned the music theory curriculum to include studies and training in aural skills.
Evans is currently a member of the Kalamazoo (Michigan) Symphony Orchestra. Her past orchestral experience includes membership in the Hudson Valley (New York) Philharmonic, Harvard-Radcliffe Symphony Orchestra East Asia tour, Nashua (New Hampshire) Symphony Orchestra, Tanglewood Music Center Fellowship Orchestra, and Ann Arbor (Michigan) Chamber Orchestra.
Evans has also performed extensively as a soloist and chamber musician. In addition to performing with the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, she is a freelance musician and a string coach for the Kalamazoo Junior Symphony.
Evans' professional affiliations include College Music Society (CMS), Association for Technology in Music Instruction (ATMI), American String Teachers Association (ASTA), and Pi Kappa Lambda national music honor society.
Email: julie.evans@wmich.edu