Julie Koidin

Summer Flute Institute Guest Faculty

 Julie Koidin is one of few U.S. specialists in Brazilian choro.   She has done presentations on choro in both the U.S. and abroad, including at the British Flute Society Convention (August 2010); Northwestern University, DePaul University, Ohio State University, the National Flute Association Convention (2002 Washington, D.C.; 1997 Chicago); the Institutt for Muisikk, the Grieg Academy, the Musikkonservatoriat of Tromsø, and the University of Stavanger in Norway (2005); and at the Universities of Auckland and Waikato in New Zealand (2006), to name a few.   

June 2011 will mark her 16th trip to Brazil since 1997.  In 2002 she received the top position in both the U.S. and Brazil for a Fulbright Lecture-Research Grant. Julie has also received three other Fulbright Grants – Norway (2005),  New Zealand (2006) and Serbia (2008) where she taught and performed U.S. repertoire.

She has taught extensively in Brazil – at the Federal Universities of Rio (UNIRIO), Natal, Brasília, Recife, and in various festivals including FEMUSICA, the International Winter Festival of Domingos Martins and Brasília's International Summer Festival.

In Chicago, Julie performs with two ensembles specializing in South American music - Ondas, a classical chamber ensemble, and Dois no Choro, a duo with guitarist/vocalist Paulinho Garcia.  Dois no Choro has recorded three CDs – Carinhoso (1999), Juntos (Jazzmin Records, 2002) and , Asa Branca (Laughing Buddha Music, 2008). Juntos was on the first round nominations in two categories for the 2003 Latin Grammy Awards, and both Juntos and Asa Branca received Special Assistance Awards from the Illinois Arts Council.

Julie is also a recitalist and soloist with orchestras in the U.S. and abroad.   In 2005 and 2010 she performed in recital with violinist, David Johnson in Cologne, Germany.   In 2008 she performed Paquito D'Riveira's "Danzon" flute concerto with the Millennium Chamber Playes as part of the Chicago Latino Music Festival.   

Julie is a regular contributor to both Flute Talk Magazine and the NFA Flutist Quarterly, and in June 2011 will release her first book, Os Sorrisos do Choro (São Paulo: Choro Music, 2011).   Her doctoral dissertation is titled "Benedicto Lacerda and the 'Golden Age' of Choro Flute Playing" which will appear in a 2011 edition of the Luso Brazil Review.  Julie is the Flute Lecturer at Loyola University in Chicago and teaches music appreciation at the University of Illinois-Chicago.   She received her doctorate and master's degrees from Northwestern University and her bachelor's degree from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana. Her free time she spends with her Belgian sheepdog,  Bossa Nova.