Professor, music theory and jazz composition

Dr. Patricia Julien is a Professor of Music at the University of Vermont, where she teaches courses in music theory, creating music for video, and jazz composition and arranging. Before arriving at UVM, Julien taught at Skidmore College, George Washington University, and University of Maryland, College Park. She has presented her research at the national conference of the Society for Music Theory, at regional New York State and New England SMT meetings, and, by invitation, at the Sorbonne in Paris, France, and various U.S. universities.

Memorable performances: As a flutist, Julien has appeared in concert at Carnegie Hall, Weill Recital Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and The Kennedy Center. Concert tours with Persian singer Dariush Eghbali included the eastern United States, Canada, and Europe. While living in New York City, she performed frequently at Birdland, The Knitting Factory, The New Music Café, CBGB’s, and The 55 Bar, and has worked with such artists as Ari Hoenig, Ron Elliston, Atilla Engin, and Kenny Wessel.

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Publications

As a media composer, Julien has compositions published with MPATH Music, 2496 Sound and Music, and Epitome Music. She has composed the music for three short films, including the animated short & Gretel Hansel KinRumpelStilts which premiered at the Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival in 2022, and various commercials and webcast themes and underscore.

Julien’s recordings include a CD as leader of the fusion band Fragile Zoe (Frame Problem, 2010) and four CDs as leader of the jazz quartet/quintet the Patricia Julien Project (Sky Pointing, 2023 on the Planet Arts label; Swimming in the Sun, 2015; Still Light at Night, 2012; and Glee, 2006). She has composed the music for more than fifteen theatrical productions, including The Taming of the Shrew, Marat/Sade, The Witches, The Arabian Nights, Peter Pan, The Clean House, Eurydice, Ostentatious Poverty, and India Song. She also wrote the music for the 2015 musical O, Caligula! A Mvsical. Several of her works are published with Imagine Music Publishing.

Julien has published articles and reviews in Jazz Perspectives, Theory and Practice, Annual Review of Jazz Studies, Jazz Education Journal, and Journal of Music Theory Pedagogy.

Associations and Affiliations

Julien is a member of the Alliance for Women Film Composers, Society for Music Theory, ASCAP, Society of Composers, Inc., and the American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers

Dr. Julien teaching a class with projected image on a screen

Areas of Expertise and/or Research

Music theory, composition, jazz improvisation

Education

  • Ph.D. (Music Theory), University of Maryland
  • M.M. (Jazz and Commercial Studies), Manhattan School of Music
  • B.Mus. (Flute), Ithaca College

Contact

Phone:
  • (802) 656-7760
Office Location:

Southwick Hall, 304

Courses Taught

Jazz Harmony

Harmony and Form I

Harmony and Form II

Creating Music for Video

Chromatic Harmony, Large Forms

Post-19c. Theory and Practice

Arranging for Jazz Orchestra

Jazz Small Group Composition