Julia Nolan (Video non authorized)

Julia Nolan	Saxophone
TBC	Piano

from Canada

Julia Nolan is a saxophone soloist and pedagogue currently teaching at Vancouver Community College and the University of British Columbia.

Committed to performing new music for saxophone, Julia Nolan has commissioned concert works by Canadian composers Dorothy Chang, Stephen Chatman, Neal Currie, Keith Hamel, Jacquie Leggatt, Hope Lee, Alain Mayrand, Alan Matheson, Robert Pritchard, Nicolas Scherzinger, Fred Stride, and Charles Stolte. In April 2012, she premiered Jeff Ryan's concerto Brazen with the Vancouver Symphony and the Victoria Orchestra. She served as a judge for the 5th International Adolphe Sax Competition in October 2010 and taught at the Hong Kong Saxophone Workshop in July 2011. For the past five years, Dr. Nolan has worked with Eugene Rousseau at the Shell Lake Arts Center.

Julia Nolan recently completed her PhD in Curriculum and Pedagogy at the University of British Columbia. Julia's thesis: Fostering Artistry through Pedagogy: Conversations with Frederick Hemke, Eugene Rousseau, and Donald Sinta is supported by a grant through the Social Sciences and Humanities Council of Canada (SSHRC).

roceliande Concerto in Five Scenes - Jan Friedlin

After the premiere performance of Jan Friedlin's Broceliande Concerto (written for Julia Nolan and Jane Hayes), an audience member said the piece was "beautiful, introspective, and contemplative". The piece explores the subject of loss - a shared loss that Jan and Julia expressed at the death of their fathers.