BIOGRAPHY

Julia Stowell is a professional trumpet player and educator based in Lexington, Kentucky. She is a first-year DMA student at the University of Kentucky where she serves as a Teaching Assistant in the trumpet studio. In this role, she teaches trumpet lessons to music majors and minors, teaches Brass Methods, conducts the Trumpet Ensemble, and serves as the University of Kentucky Summer Trumpet Institute Youth Camp Director.

 

Prior to her position at the University of Kentucky, she held the position of Trumpet Instructor at the Illinois Community Music Academy, Monticello Junior and Senior High Schools, and Mahomet-Seymour Junior and Senior High Schools. She earned a Master of Music in Trumpet Performance/Literature at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she studied with Dr. Amy Gilreath. She is a graduate of The Crane School of Music at the State University of New York at Potsdam, where she graduated summa cum laude with a Bachelor of Music in Music Education. Her principal teachers include Jason Dovel, Amy Gilreath, Buddy Deshler, Clark Hunt, James Madeja, and Josh Nightingale.

 

Since arriving at UK, she has played with the The Lex Orchestra, Cathedral of Christ the King “Magnificat” Orchestra, and currently holds the role of Principal Trumpet in the University of Kentucky Symphony Orchestra. Previously, she was Principal Trumpet of the Illinois Wind Symphony, the Crane Wind Ensemble, and the Crane Symphony Orchestra. She is a versatile musician, fluent in music outside of the classical idiom. During her time with the Crane Latin Ensemble, she went on tour in Puerto Rico. She has three times played in trumpet ensembles that advanced to the quarter-finals in the National Trumpet Competition. She has also had the honor of performing in masterclasses for Esteban Batallán, Nancy Taylor, Joe Burgstaller, and others. Her accolades include winning the ITG Conference Scholarship Competition, being named as a University of Illinois Research Live! Finalist, and multiple other performance and academic scholarships. 

 

An advocate for fostering the next generation of musicians, she serves as the Graduate Representative for the International Trumpet Guild Emerging Professionals Committee, as well as a mentor for the Future in Music Mentorship Program. She has also been fortunate to have been a conference panelist at the Eastern Division of the National Association for Music Education (E-NAfME) Conference, and the New York State School Music Association (NYSSMA) Cyber Summit Conference during her time on the State Collegiate NYSSMA & NAFME board. During her summers, she works as the Assistant Resident Director at Crane Youth Music.