Piano with Julian K.

Dr. Julian was a voice faculty member of V.O.I.C.Experience (VE) from 2002 to 2010, a program established by Sherrill Milnes and his wife, Maria Zouves. Dr. K maintains a private voice studio in New York City with students singing in venues and cities including the Metropolitan Opera, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Santa Fe, Glimmerglass, Buenos Aires, Monte Carlo, Rome, Virginia, Minnesota, Wolf Trap, Washington National, Avery Fisher Hall and Carnegie Hall.As voice teacher and music director, Dr. K worked with and nurtured young and upcoming singers in the Virginia Opera Spectrum Resident Artist Program and the Baltimore Opera Studio. While at Virginia Opera, he also worked as a main stage coach, repetiteur and pre-performance lecturer. Other teaching highlights include guest faculty at the International Youth Festival “Das Treffen” in Bayreuth, Germany, vocal coach and pianist for IIVA in Chiari, Italy, principal coach/pianist at the TODI music festival in Portsmouth, Virginia and voice faculty for the inaugural season of the Midwest Young Artists Program in Lake Forest, Illinois. Conducting extensive masterclasses in voice, piano, instrumental, duo-piano and chamber ensembles in both English and Mandarin, Dr. K made a significant contribution to the music school at the National Hsinchu University of Education, Taiwan. Academic accolades include certificates in vocal and clarinet performance from the Royal Schools of Music, London, Fellowship of The Trinity College of Music, London and Licentiate of The Royal Schools of Music, London diplomas in piano performance. While earning his Doctor of Music in Piano Performance and Collaborative Arts from Northwestern University's School of Music, a degree created by the university especially for his unique talents, Julian also served as principal pianist to Mignon Dunn, Sherrill Milnes and the late William Warfield and was a Lecturer on the faculty of the Department of Performance Studies. As a soloist and collaborative artist, Dr. K has performed in venues across North America, South America, Canada, Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Russia. The first Singaporean pianist to perform at The Maly Philharmonia Hall in St. Petersburg, Russia. Appearances of special note include a personal invitation from the Consulate General of Poland to play an all Chopin program at the Polish embassy in Chicago and as guest soloist with the NU Philharmonic.