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Lawrence University Lawrence University is a private liberal arts college and conservatory of music in Appleton, Wisconsin. Founded in 1847, its first classes were held on November 12, 1849. Lawrence was the second college in the U.S. to be founded as a coeducation ...

Eastman School of Music The Eastman School of Music is the music school of the University of Rochester, a private research university in Rochester, New York. It was established in 1921 by industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman. It offers Bachelor of Music (B.M ...

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, children = , website = , signature = , signature_size = , signature_alt = , footnotes = Julia Hillbrick Gaines is an American

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and academic. As of 2021, she is the director of the

at the

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. Gaines has performed as a soloist worldwide and released her first album, ''Tiger Dance'' in 2017. She was on the International Board of Directors of the

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, eventually serving as Secretary. Gaines has performed with the Missouri Symphony, the

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, the Fox Valley Symphony, and the Green Bay Symphony Orchestra. She has served as Associate Editor for Percussive Notes, a scholarly journal of the

and is currently Associate Editor of the Keyboard Percussion section.

Early life and education

Julia Gaines was born in 1969 in

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, but by second grade had moved to

Moscow, Idaho Moscow ( ) is a city in North Central Idaho, United States. Located along the state border with Washington, it had a population of 25,435 at the 2020 census. The county seat and largest city of Latah County, Moscow is the home of the Universit ...

where she began learning the piano, eventually switching to percussion. She graduated from

Moscow High School Moscow High School (MHS) is a four-year public high school in Moscow, Idaho, United States. The flagship school of the Moscow School District, it serves grades 9–12 and its principal since 2013 is Erik Perryman with Brett Clevenger serving as v ...

in 1987 and went on to attend the

Lawrence University Conservatory of Music Lawrence University Conservatory of Music is a conservatory on the campus of Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Founded in 1894, it is the one of the oldest operating conservatories in the United States. Attached to a liberal arts colleg ...

Appleton, Wisconsin Appleton ( mez, Ahkōnemeh) is a city in Outagamie, Calumet, and Winnebago counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. One of the Fox Cities, it is situated on the Fox River, southwest of Green Bay and north of Milwaukee. Appleton is the c ...

. Gaines was a member of the

Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps Santa Clara Vanguard Drum and Bugle Corps is a competitive drum and bugle corps, based in Santa Clara, California. The Santa Clara Vanguard is one of the thirteen founding member corps of Drum Corps International (DCI) and a seven time DCI World ...

, which won a national title in 1989. She would go on to attain a master's degree from

and would receive a PhD from the

University of Missouri

Gaines joined the faculty of the University of Missouri School of Music in 1996. She would serve as professor of percussion for eighteen years, eventually becoming Director of the School of Music in 2014, after the departure of Robert Shay. She is a member of

Pi Kappa Lambda Pi Kappa Lambda () is an American honor society for undergraduate students, graduate students, and professors of music. There are over 270 chapters nationally; a complete roster of current chapters is listed in the organization's official web si ...

Works

*Sequential Studies (BOOK 1) for Four-Mallet Marimba: Level 1: the very beginning. Portland, Oregon, Tapspace, 2018. *Sequential Studies (BOOK 2) for Four-Mallet Marimba: Level 2: the heart of the chorale. Portland, Oregon, Tapspace, 2019.

References

External links

University of Missouri School of Music profile
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