Dr. Julie Long

Teaching Areas

Individual Flute Lessons
Director, Flute Choir

Degrees

B.M. Flute Performance - Cleveland Institue of Music
M.M. Flute Performance - Univserity of Southern California
D.M.A. Flute Performance - University of Southern California

Biography

An active freelance flutist in the Los Angeles area, Julie Long has played with nearly every major local ensemble at every major local venue. Hailed "a terrific flutist" by Julius Baker and called "the real deal" by Jim Walker, Julie is most comfortable playing a variety of classical generas: from early music to contemporary, from solo to large ensemble.
As an orchestral flutist, Julie has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Los Angeles Music Center Opera Orchestra, Pacific Symphony, Pasadena Symphony, Long Beach Symphony, Los Angeles Master Chorale Orchestra and others. She became a member of the Riverside County Philharmonic Orchestra after winning the second flute audition in the Fall of 2005. As a studio recording artist she has played on many motion picture soundtracks, such as Fantastic Four, Superman Returns and Horton Hears a Who. Julie is the former principal flutist of the American Youth Symphony and Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra, positions she held for several years.
Julie became passionate about chamber music as a student at U.S.C., where she wasrecipient of the Outstanding Woodwind Chamber Music Student Award for two consecutive years. In 1999 Julie joined the new music group, Ensemble Green, which specializes in performing music of Los Angeles composers. She is also a member of the Resonance Flute Consort. This unique recording ensemble will release its second CD late 2011 consisting of original arrangements of movie and television music. With a D.M.A. minor in early music, Julie plays wooden Renaissance and Baroque flutes and has performed with the Los Angeles Baroque Orchestra and Bach Collegium San Diego.
Julie has presented dozens of solo recitals and was one of six finalists in the National Flute Association Young Artist Solo Competition in 2000 and 2002. Her knowledge and interpretation of the flute repertoire has led her to inspire many young flute students. She is currently flute professor at Long Beach City College and Concordia University Irvine. She has been flute coach for the Idyllwild Arts Summer Program since 1997.