Julie Husband
Contact: info@elegantmusic.ca
Artist Information
Instruments
Saxophone - soprano, alto, tenor
and baritone
Flute
Piccolo
Clarinet
Bassoon
Biography
Diversity has
been the hallmark of Julie Husband's professional musical odyssey - manifested
in the instruments she plays and the musical styles she has inhabited.
Julie's two-decade career as a jobbing musician, music instructor, clinic leader and adjudicator is founded on her outstanding instrumental proficiency with all the instruments in the flute, clarinet, saxophone and bassoon families.
A graduate of Manitoba's renowned Brandon University (Bachelor of Music), Julie's high performance standards and advanced technical knowledge have combined to make her a first-call hire for gigs as diverse as Rod Stewart and Winnipeg's Gilbert & Sullivan Society.
Colleagues and employers alike routinely use words like "exceptional" and "superb" to describe Julie's peerless musicianship, commitment to her work and almost supernatural sight reading.
Her participation in the Artists in the Schools program in Manitoba is one example of Julie's interest in exploring all musical frontiers as part of her craft. As one half of Duo a la Carte (with pianist/percussionist Heidi Peters) Julie has performed on behalf of this successful in-school initiative since 1988.
The sheer range of talented musicians and performers Julie has played with - and for - is truly breathtaking: Red Skelton, Kenny Rogers, Arturo Sandoval, Dianne Schuur, Bill Watrous, The Wyrd Sisters, Wayne Newton and Winnipeg jazz icon Ron Paley would represent a short list.
On the teaching side, Julie has champions as well. A band instructor in Winnipeg for 12 years, her colleagues underscore her impeccable musical credentials and easygoing attitude toward those around her.
"I sincerely salute (Julie) for her musical accomplishments, and highly endorse her as a trusted and respected teacher and performer in Winnipeg's thriving musical community," says University of Manitoba Faculty of Music teacher and conductor Connie Turner.
Jazz composer and bandleader Ron Paley is no less effusive: "I have known Julie for over 20 years and I will attest strongly to her extremely high musical abilities and her wonderful personal character."
Julie's musical muse has taken her from classical to summer theatre to jazz, with the latter category including work in renowned Winnipegbased outfit Saxology.
Her recorded output has included two CDs with The Swing Cats, a Saxology release, a live disc with the Kerry Kluner Big Band, a Christmas session for Winnipeg's 103 UFM and an inspirational album with Sturgeon Creek United Church in Winnipeg.
Radio broadcasts have included a flute and marimba concert for CBC and a Wyrd Sisters recorded-live show for the national network's Arts Encounters series.
Julie Husband. Versatile, committed, uncompromising.
Website
www.juliehusband.com
Discography
1989 Merry Christmas 103 UFM - Flute, Piccolo,Clarinet
1990 Saxology (The Winnipeg Saxophone Quartet) - Baritone
Sax
1992 The Kerry Kluner Big Band with Paquito D’Rivera
- Baritone Sax, Flute
1999 The Swing Cats - River City Christmas - Baritone
Sax
2000 The Swing Cats - Live Every Night and Every Day
- Baritone Sax
2000 Sturgeon Creek United
Church - Music to Build a Church By - Bassoon
Music
Baby Elephant Walk - mp3
Boogie Bass - mp3
Estamos - mp3
March of the Marionette - mp3
Morocco -mp3
Pink Panther - mp3
Sicilienne - mp3
Wapango - mp3
Photos
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Education
1981
Bachelor of Music (Major in Education)
Brandon University
Major Instrument: Flute
Minor Instrument: Bassoon
Professional Experience
Teaching
1988 - 2004 Band
Instructor - Winnipeg School Division No. 1
1987 - 1988 Band Instructor - St. James-Assiniboia School
Division
1981 - 1982 Band Instructor - Mystery Lake School Division
- Thompson, Manitoba
Clinical and Adjudication
Over twenty years experience as a clinician
and adjudicator for various festivals in numerous school divisions in
Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario.
Bands
1999 - Present - The Swing Cats - Baritone
Sax
1986 - Present - Duo a La Carte - All woodwind instruments
1990 - 1992 - Combo Latino - Baritone Sax, Tenor Sax,
Flute
Performance Credits
Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
1990 Pops Concert Featuring Mart Kenny
- Baritone Sax
1995 New Music Festival
- Baritone Sax
1996 Mart Kenny
- Baritone Sax and Clarinet
1996 Maureen McGovern
- Baritone Sax
1997 Pops Concert
featuring Jim Nabors - Alto Sax
2005 Pops Concert featuring Lorna Luff - Alto Sax
2006 Pops Concert - Alto Sax, Clarinet
Gilbert & Sullivan Musicals
1991 Mikado - Bassoon
1992 Gondoliers - Bassoon
1993 H. M. S. Pinafore - Bassoon
1994 Iolanthe - Bassoon
1995 Pirates of Penzance - Bassoon
1996 Ruddigore - Bassoon
1997 Mikado - Bassoon
1998 Yeomen of the
Guard - Bassoon
1999 Gondoliers
- Bassoon
2000 Patience -
Bassoon
2001 Pirates of Penzance - Bassoon
2002 Iolanthe - Bassoon
2003 H. M. S. Pinafore - Bassoon
2004 Princess Ida - Bassoon
2005 Trial by Jury
- Bassoon
2006 Mikado - Bassoon
2007 Gondoliers - Bassoon
CBC Radio
1993 Flute and Marimba Concert (Recorded live)
1999 Wyrd Sisters
in Concert (Recorded live) -
CBC Radio Two’s Arts Encounters
Flute, Soprano Sax, Tenor Sax
Touring Shows
1989 Red Skelton
- Alto Sax, Flute
1993 Rod Stewart
“Unplugged” Concert - Flute
1995 Kerry Kluner Big Band - Baritone Sax, Flute
Featuring: Arturo
Sandoval, Tito Puente, Paquito
D’Rivera, Jon Faddis, Dianne Schuur
and Bill Watrous
1995 Kenny Rogers
Concert - Baritone Sax, Flute
2003 Steven Kabacus
Elvis Impersonator - Flute, Baritone Sax
2004 Bob Newhart Concert - Tenor Sax, Flute
2004 Wayne Newton - Baritone Sax, Flute
2005 Steven Kabacus Elvis Impersonator - Flute, Baritone
Sax
Manitoba Theatre Centre
2002 Musical Production of “Camelot” - Flute,
Piccolo
2004 Musical Production of “My Fair Lady”
- Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet
2006 Musical Production of "Guys and Dolls" - Flute, Clarinet,
Saxaphone
Rainbow Stage
1985 Mame - Flute, Clarinet, Tenor Sax
1986 The Sound of Music - Flute, Piccolo
1987 Annie - Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet, Alto Sax
1987 Anne of Green Gables - Flute, Piccolo
1988 Sweet Charity - Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet, Alto Sax
1989 Peter Pan - Flute, Piccolo
1990 Anything Goes - Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet
1990 Say it with Music - Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet, Alto
Sax
1990 Cinderella - Flute, Piccolo
1991 A Funny Thing Happened - Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet
1991 On the Way to the Forum - Alto Sax
1991 The Wizard of Oz - Clarinet, Flute, Tenor Sax, Baritone
Sax
1992 The Wizard of Oz - Flute, Clarinet, Tenor Sax, Baritone
Sax
1992 Guys and Dolls - Flute, Clarinet, Tenor Sax
1993 Fiddler on the Roof - Flute, Piccolo
1994 Brigadoon - Flute, Piccolo
1994 Damn Yankies - Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet, Alto Sax
1995 Oklahoma - Flute, Piccolo
1996 The Sound of Music - Flute, Piccolo
1997 South Pacific - Clarinet
1998 The Music Man - Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet, Alto Sax,
Soprano Sax
1999 Crazy for You - Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet, Soprano
Sax, Alto Sax
2000 Singin’ in the Rain - Flute, Clarinet, Alto
Sax
2000 42nd Street - Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax
2001 A Chorus Line - Flute, Piccolo,Clarinet, Alto Sax
2001 Big The Musical - Flute, Clarinet
2002 West Side Story - Flute, Piccolo, Clarinet, Alto
Sax
2003 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat - Flute,
Piccolo, Clarinet
2004 Chicago - Piccolo, Clarinet, Soprano Sax, Tenor
Sax
2004 The King and I - Flute, Piccolo
2004 Beauty and the Beast - Flute, Piccolo
2005 Good News
Theatre - Other
Dry Cold Productions
2002 Into the Woods - Bassoon
2004 She Loves Me - Flute, Piccolo, Alto Sax, Flute
2005 Assassins - Flute, Clarinet, Alto Sax
Winnipeg Jewish Theatre
2002 Funny Girl - Flute, Clarinet, Alto
Sax
Other
2005 "Strike"
The Musical by Danny Schur and Rick Chafe - Clarinet, Piccolo, Irish
Tin Whistle, Sopilka
Performances with Local Artists
1988 - 1992 & 2000 - 2001 Saxology - Baritone Sax,
Alto Sax, Flute
1993 - 2003 Calvary Temple Production of “Handel’s
Messiah” - Bassoon
1994 Southern Manitoba Choral Society Production of Haydn’s
“The Seasons” - Bassoon
1996 Royal Winnipeg Ballet “Beethoven’s Seventh
Symphony” Brandon University Orchestra - Bassoon
2000 Renaissance Voices “A Day for Dancing”
- Bassoon
2000 Royal Winnipeg Ballet - Baritone Sax
2003 “Groundswell” The Ron Paley Big Band
- Flute
Quotes
“ ... Extremely high musical abilities ... plays all the woodwinds
... invaluable to anyone and everyone she plays with.”
Ron Paley - Paley Productions - The Ron Paley Big Band - February
2005
“ ... Her musicianship is superb, sound quality nothing less
than beautiful ... the kind of musician I long to work with again and
again and again.”
Stephen Woodjetts - Music Director/Conductor - Manitoba Theatre Centre
- 2004
“... I remain continually impressed with her meticulous and accurate
music preparation ... remarkable command of such an unusually high number
of woodwind instruments ... “
Janice Finlay - Class Act Music Productions - 2005
“ ... She is, in my opinion, for the instruments she plays,
especially when doubling is required, the first-call player for shows
and commercial work in Winnipeg ...”
John Miller - Conductor/Music Director - Rainbow Stage Theatre
- February 2005
“ Julie is a wonderful musician and a consummate professional
... She is certainly the first person to whom I turn when hiring; I would
encourage you to do the same ... “
Reid Harrison - Resident Conductor/Artistic Director - The Gilbert
& Sullivan Society of Winnipeg Inc. - January 2005
“ .. I strongly believe she is one of the top woodwind instructors
in the city ... She is of stellar character and has a most positive attitude
... “
Connie Turner - Professor/Conductor - Faculty of Music - University
of Manitoba - February 2005