Her affinity for evocative, eclectic scores and versatility as an orchestrator enables bespoke soundscapes, ever-changing styles and genres created for the brief. She is equally at home writing for solitary, haunting solo instruments as the dramatic power of full orchestra. Her album Haunted By The Secret on Universal’s dark Chappell Noir label, had two nominations for Best Score Production Music Track in The Production Music Awards, winning with her track Game Of Trust.

For the Concert platform, her commissions have ranged from percussion quartet to full orchestra and choir, with performances at high-profile venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, St.Martin-in-the-Fields, St.David’s Hall Cardiff, Snape Maltings, Henley Festival, Newbury Spring Festival, Hong Kong Arts Festival, Carnegie Hall’s Weill Recital Hall, Spain’s International Music Festival Pórtico do Paraíso etc. The diverse range of musicians and instruments she has been fortunate to write for are a constant source of creative inspiration and include; Dame Evelyn Glennie, Barbara Thompson, Grace Davidson, Elena Urioste, Claire Moore, Clio Gould, Nicholas McCarthy, Rebeca Omordia, Her Ensemble, 4-Mality, The Locrian Ensemble of London, Justin Pearson, The Safri Duo, contemporary urban dance company Union Dance and many others.

For Drama she has scored Under Milk Wood (Plymouth’s Theatre Royal), Macbeth (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre), Black Sheep (Young Vic Theatre), Deborah Moggach’s Double Take (Chichester’s Minerva Theatre), the UK tour of Daphne Du Maurier’s Rebecca and Nino D’Introna’s Angeli Ai Confini, Teatro Del’Angolo tour Italy/Switzerland. Soundtracks for BBC Radio 3 and 4 Dramas include Javier Mariás’ Tomorrow in the Battle Think on Me, Sartre’s trilogy The Roads To Freedom, Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler, Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale, Robert Ferguson’s Dr. Ibsen’s Ghosts and Jane Austen’s Lady Susan.

She has been Composer-in-residence and orchestrator since 2014 for the education project Crazy Composers, devised by BAFTA award-winning television producer Robert Howes in partnership with internationally acclaimed baroque orchestra The English Concert, Arts Council England and Buxton International Festival.

Julie’s career began whilst studying composition at Cardiff University, following on from winning the BBC TV Christmas song competition, The Nationwide Carol Competition, at 17. She received her first professional commission for television whilst still at University from BBC Wales for the chat show Celtic Road Show.

Constantly striving to improve gender equality in music, Julie is a huge supporter of the charitable foundation Donne – Women In Music and the vital work done by its founder, soprano Gabriella Di Laccio, to raise awareness of Women Composers and Musicians.