Julia was born in the 60s, into an era of music aligned to Woodstock, Rock n Roll, Big Band, and learned to love music from her classical pianist dad who filled her childhood w every instrument and sound possible, and her mom who while not able to ‘carry a tune in a bucket,’ loved the emotional impact of music. Early influences Nat King Cole for appreciation of song in telling a story w the melody, and Ian Anderson for inspiration in “playing from the heart and mind” are ongoing subtext inspirations while on stage. After 40+ yrs’ experience on the flute, J sees music as an opportunity for continually expanding her ear playing over and around lyrics and adding to songs, “just enough and not too much,” the biggest lessons learned from her orchestra and band leaders repeatedly throughout her years of classical training. She finds it an ongoing creative challenge in exploring ways to incorporate flute outside of most’s understandings of flute, expanding minds showing it is no longer just for classical music, though Bach, Beethoven and Mozart definite influences.

This is the second band she has been in with husband Terry, the first P.U.S.H. (Pray Until Something Happens) having played around Los Angeles where she earned a reputation for being able to play and add to a song her touch, having learned early in childhood she has perfect pitch.

Every show is a penny in that jar of promises to her dad, She having promised him she would “always do something w your flute.” “This is for you, Dad.”