BIO
Julianna Pierdomenico is a performer, composer, and educator that has performed nationally and internationally from Belgium to Arizona. She was awarded a spot as an Instrumental Conducting Fellow for the University of Miami’s Frost Young Women Conductors’ Symposium in 2020, invited to play with the American Chamber Ensemble in 2019, and was the recipient of the Rhoda Pinsley Levin Endowed Award in Music Performance in 2018. She presented her research on Ethel Smyth at the 2022 International Alliance for Women in Music conference in Corvallis, Oregon. She has also performed with Chaos Incarné Trio at the 2022 American Single Reed Summit in Columbia, South Carolina, the 2023 inaugural Low ClarinetFest in Glendale, Arizona, the 2023 HERo Conference in Tallahassee, Florida, the 2023 ClarinetFest in Denver, Colorado, and the 2024 ClarinetFest in Dublin, Ireland. In addition, she is a board member for the 501(c)(3) non-profit Keep Music Alive.
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Her academic interests include empowering and discovering the voices of minority groups who were erased from the history of Western art music from the late nineteenth through early twentieth centuries. She received her MM in Clarinet Performance and PBC in Musicology at UNC Greensboro in 2023 and was a music theory GA during her time there. Julianna has also earned her M. Ed. in Music Education from Kutztown University and Bachelor’s degrees in Music Composition and Film Studies and Production from Hofstra University. Her clarinet teachers include Laurie Friedman-Adler, Aileen Razey, Andy Hudson, and Anthony Taylor. Her composition teachers include Paul Chihara and Adam Glaser.
Currently, Julianna is a middle school band director in the Greensboro area, teaches privately, and is a music director at a local church. Her private students have placed first in All-County ensembles, and have also further placed in the All-District and All-State Bands. Julianna is a founding member of Chaos Incarné Trio, and wrote #YESALLWOMEN (2022) for the group to premiere at the inaugural ICA Low Clarinet Conference. Her compositional style mixes impressionism with contemporary trends, exploring color, textures, and rhythmic interplay. She is a member of NAfME, IAWM, and the ICA.
