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150 Word Biography
Dr. Julia Lougheed is a clarinetist, educator, and arts leader whose work spans performance, production, and community engagement. A champion of contemporary music, she appears regularly as a soloist, chamber musician, improviser, and orchestral performer, with performances across the United States and internationally. Her projects combine clarinet performance with electronics, theatre, visual media, and experimental sound, exploring new possibilities for the instrument under the stage name Silent G.
Dedicated to expanding the clarinet repertoire, Dr. Lougheed has commissioned and premiered dozens of new works for clarinet and bass clarinet, collaborating closely with emerging and established composers, particularly those from historically underrepresented communities. She’s performed her commissioned works at high-profile events including International Clarinet Association’s ClarinetFest and Low ClarinetFest, the European Clarinet Congress, Omaha Under the Radar, and the New Music Gathering.
Beyond the stage, Dr. Lougheed is committed to inspiring the next generation of musicians.She teaches clarinet at Scottsdale Community College and Rosie's House Music Academy.
300 Word Biography
Dr. Julia Lougheed is a clarinetist, educator, and arts leader whose work sits at the intersection of performance, production, and community engagement.
As a soloist, chamber musician, improviser, and orchestral performer, Lougheed has presented performances throughout North America and Europe. Performing under the stage name Silent G, she explores the boundaries of the instrument through immersive, genre-defying projects that challenge conventional ideas of what a clarinet performance can be.
A passionate advocate for new music, Lougheed has been commissioning and premiering works for clarinet and bass clarinet for more than a decade, often collaborating with composers from historically underrepresented backgrounds. She has performed at major festivals and conferences including the European Clarinet Congress, International Low Clarinet Festival, ClarinetFest, Omaha Under the Radar, and Oh My Ears New Music Festival. In 2025, she appeared as a featured headlining artist at ClarinetFest.
With the release of her debut solo album, Among Other Things (Tonsehen Records) Lougheed established herself as a distinctive voice in contemporary clarinet performance. Made up of commissioned works co-composed by Julia, this album reimagines the role of the clarinet in contemporary music and challenges audiences' expectations of both the instrument and the performer.Her performances have been praised as “deeply expressive” and among “the most creative work the clarinet community has ever heard.”
Beyond her performance career, Dr. Lougheed is a dedicated educator, committed to expanding access to high-quality music education. She teaches clarinet and Music History at Scottsdale Community College and Rosie's House Music Academy, one of the nation's largest free music education programs. A sought-after clinician, Dr. Lougheed has presented masterclasses, workshops, and guest lectures at universities throughout the United States, sharing her expertise in performance, entrepreneurship, and community engagement.
Dr. Lougheed holds the Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from Arizona State University and the Bachelor of Music degree from Virginia Commonwealth University, and completed advanced study at the Belgian Summer Clarinet Academy and participation in Ensemble Evolution at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, a highly selective residency led by members of the International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE).
Full Biography
Dr. Julia Lougheed enjoys a multi-faceted career as a clarinetist, music educator, and arts administrator living in Phoenix, Arizona. She is passionate about bringing people together through music, creating art, and solving problems. She fulfills all three of these passions in all her work as a musician.
As a performer, Julia frequently appears as a recital soloist, chamber musician, and improviser in venues across the Phoenix Metropolitan Area, as well as joining local professional orchestras as a substitute musician. She performs a broad spectrum of repertoire, but specializes in contemporary music. She loves working with living composers to create new clarinet music that comments on current events. Combining music with elements of theatre, dance, visual art, and noise, she often performs works for clarinets and electronics under the stage name Silent G.
Julia has performed throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, and Europe. She has appeared at prestigious Classical Music Festivals, including the European Clarinet Congress, International Low Clarinet Festival, Oh My Ears New Music Festival, Omaha Under the Radar, and the International Clarinet Association’s ClarinetFest, where she performed as a headliner in 2025.
Passionate about working with living composers, she has been commissioning new music for clarinet and bass clarinet throughout the past decade, often collaborating with composers from underrepresented demographics. Her debut solo album “Among Other Things” , was released through Tonsehen Records on her 30th birthday, and included in Grammy Award considerations. Her music is described as “deeply expressive”, “some of the most creative stuff the clarinet community has ever heard” and “what would happen if Laurie Anderson and Yoko Ono had a baby, and that baby took clarinet lessons”. Julia will be using funds from this year’s Arizona Women for the Arts Grant to support production costs of her second album, featuring works written specifically for her artistry that push both the technical and expressive boundaries of the clarinet.
In conjunction with her performance career, Dr. Lougheed teaches clarinet and Music History at Scottsdale Community College, and clarinet lessons at Rosie’s House Music Academy. She is a sought-after clinician and has taught masterclasses at universities across the country, including Texas Christian University, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Marist College. Julia has been a featured lecturer at the American Single Reed Summit, Darkwater Women in Music Festival, and The Beatitudes Lifelong Learning Series. She also brings people together through the production of musical events, serving as Production Manager for Oh My Ears, an experimental classical music presenting organization, as well as Arts Event Coordinator at Phoenix College. She holds Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees from Arizona State University, and a Bachelor of Music degree from Virginia Commonwealth University, as well as certificates of completion from the Belgian Summer Clarinet Academy and the Ensemble Evolution Residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity.
