Julia Jacklein
Julia Jacklein began her formal music education at the age of 7, completing her
ARCT in piano performance in 2003, and her BIS (Bachelor of Independent Studies, Piano Pedagogy/Composition) in 2016. Her teachers include Leonard Enns, Pierre Gallant, and Linda Catlin Smith.
Julia has taught piano for the past 15 years, in Burlington, Waterloo, and Barrie, Ontario. She has written music from an early age, recently focusing on choral writing/arranging, and pedagogical piano literature. Julia's compositions show many different influences, including classical genres, Renaissance and contemporary styles. Her works combine a harmonically bold musical language with lyricism, and she has experimented with new approaches to form, texture and tonality. Julia’s compositions have been performed in concert, theatre, and worship settings. She is currently writing a Requiem.
ARCT in piano performance in 2003, and her BIS (Bachelor of Independent Studies, Piano Pedagogy/Composition) in 2016. Her teachers include Leonard Enns, Pierre Gallant, and Linda Catlin Smith.
Julia has taught piano for the past 15 years, in Burlington, Waterloo, and Barrie, Ontario. She has written music from an early age, recently focusing on choral writing/arranging, and pedagogical piano literature. Julia's compositions show many different influences, including classical genres, Renaissance and contemporary styles. Her works combine a harmonically bold musical language with lyricism, and she has experimented with new approaches to form, texture and tonality. Julia’s compositions have been performed in concert, theatre, and worship settings. She is currently writing a Requiem.
Here's what Julia had to say about her piece:
"I'm pleased to be taking part in the New Works Development project, with the Sanctus from my Requiem. The inspiration for this work came several years ago while exploring wartime poetry. The format of a Requiem, with some adjustments to the traditional form, seemed the ideal way of expressing my thoughts on the futility of war. The Sanctus is the central movement of the mass. Its harmonically complex opening gives way to a sense of release in a more tonal middle section with a soaring soprano solo – representing conflict and the hoped-for resolution of that conflict."
"I'm pleased to be taking part in the New Works Development project, with the Sanctus from my Requiem. The inspiration for this work came several years ago while exploring wartime poetry. The format of a Requiem, with some adjustments to the traditional form, seemed the ideal way of expressing my thoughts on the futility of war. The Sanctus is the central movement of the mass. Its harmonically complex opening gives way to a sense of release in a more tonal middle section with a soaring soprano solo – representing conflict and the hoped-for resolution of that conflict."