Location

Bristol

Specialisms

I run Bring Your Own Baby Choir, a friendly & relaxed singing group for new parents and their bubs!

Additional information

Julia loves to be in a room full of people singing! Making music accessible to everyone and giving confidence to those who want to sing is a big driver for her.

Julia Turner is a freelance musician and choir leader in Bristol. She has worked with many different vocal groups, both as a teacher directing small and large choirs (inc. Gasworks and Handfuls of Harmony) and as a singer in smaller vocal ensembles (inc. Eko Trio). She is the founder and a choir leader with Bring Your Own Baby Choir (est. 2013), a group for parents to learn simple uplifting songs without going near a nursery rhyme!

A hugely important aspect of her teaching is that she is also a gigging and composing musician. This keeps her creative juices flowing and energises and inspires her workshop leading. She has written and released two albums City Synchronicity (2013) and Fifteen Times the Moon (2017). She has a kids album due for release autumn 2023 with Rachael Dadd in their duo Popcorn. Julia has also written for theatre (Can’t Sit Still) and for choirs – she is hoping to release her first collection of choir songs later in 2023.

Other big influences on Julia’s work have been working for her BA in Jazz performance at Leeds College of Music, spending a year busking in Melbourne, Australia and working as a Live Music Now musician for 5 years in the South West bringing music to people experiencing social exclusion or disadvantage in care homes, hospitals and schools.

Julia loves working with others and collaborating on new projects so do get in touch!