Jay Julio @jayjulio

Viola/Violin

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Jay Julio @jayjulio

Viola/Violin

About

Originally from Uniondale, New York, first-generation Filipino-American Jay Julio (b. 1997, they/them) is a multi-instrumentalist, teacher, and composer-arranger currently serving as the Viola / Violin III chair on Hamilton (Angelica tour), Assistant Principal Violist of the Opera Philadelphia Orchestra, and substitute violist with orchestras such as the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia, the American Composers Orchestra, and the Dallas Symphony. Recent solo appearances include concerto performances with the Ocala Symphony, the Marquette Symphony, and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. They have shared the stage with Broadway singers, pop stars, and classical music’s hottest young talents in performances from Washington D.C. to the Philippines, and can be heard on violin and viola on Parma, Nonesuch, and Broadway Records, including the 2025 Grammy Award-nominated release The Blind Banister with Timo Andres and the Metropolis Ensemble.

Music

Bela Bartok - Violin Duets, String Quartets
Arnold Bax - Elegaic Trio, Fantasy Sonata
Ludwig van Beethoven - String Quartets, String Trios
Johannes Brahms - String Quartets, String Quintets, Viola Sonatas
Claude Debussy - String Quartet, Sonata for flute, viola, and harp
Antonin Dvorak - Terzetto, String Quartets
Gabriel Faure - Piano Quintet No. 2 in C Minor
Phillip Glass - String Quartets
Joseph Haydn - String Quartets
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - String Quartets, Piano Quartets
Fanny & Felix Mendelssohn - String Quartets
Florence Price - String Quartets, art songs
Sergei Rachmaninoff - String Quartets
Franz Schubert - String Quartets, String Trios
Robert Schumann - Marchenbilder
Dmitri Shostakovich - Piano Quintet, String Quartets
Joseph Bologne St. Georges - String Quartets
Maurice Ravel - String Quartet

Videos

Ensemble profiles

Past groupmuses (51)

  • Virtual Premiere

    Sound Off x Justice Committee: Celebrating Richie Perez

    Wednesday, Mar 31, 2021 7:00 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: New York
    • Composers: Angélica Negrón, Iván Enrique Rodríguez
    • Instruments: Open Instrumentation
    • Price: Free to reserve, $10+ at event

    Happened over 3 years ago

  • Planetary Music Virtual Livestream

    Composition for Abolition: Sound Off Changes the Times One Note at a Time

    Saturday, Feb 27, 2021 7:00 PM EST

    • Neighborhood: Online
    • Composers: Florence Price, Yaz Lancaster
    • Instruments: String quartet
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $10+ at event

    Happened almost 4 years ago

  • Virtual Premiere

    Sound Off x Bass Players for Black Composers: New Works for the New Year

    Saturday, Jan 16, 2021 7:00 PM EST

    • Neighborhood: New York
    • Composers: Florence Price, Sarian Sankoh
    • Instruments: Solo bass / string quartet
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $10+ at event

    Happened almost 4 years ago

  • Virtual Livestream

    Harp and Viola Duos: Violetta and Jay play Bax and Kay

    Wednesday, Dec 30, 2020 7:00 PM EST

    • Neighborhood: New York City
    • Composers: Arnold Bax, Ulysses Kay
    • Instruments: Viola and harp
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $10+ at event

    Happened almost 4 years ago

  • Planetary Music Virtual Livestream

    Sound Off x The City Reliquary: Dorothy Rudd Moore & More

    Saturday, Nov 14, 2020 7:00 PM EST

    • Neighborhood: New York!
    • Composers: Dorothy Rudd Moore, William Grant Still
    • Instruments: String quartet
    • Price: Free to reserve, $10+ at event

    Happened about 4 years ago

  • A Pajama Birthday Muse

    Monday, Dec 30, 2019 7:30 PM EST

    • Neighborhood: Morningside/Central Harlem
    • Composers: Tbd
    • Instruments: Violin and viola
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened almost 5 years ago

  • Cozy Stringmuse!

    Thursday, Nov 21, 2019 7:30 PM EST

    • Neighborhood: Greenpoint
    • Composers: Dohnanyi, Beethoven
    • Instruments: String trio
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 5 years ago

  • String Party in Harlem

    Saturday, Nov 16, 2019 7:00 PM EST

    • Neighborhood: Morningside/Central Harlem
    • Composers: Surprise
    • Instruments: Violin and viola
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 5 years ago

  • Summer Songs for Harp and Viola

    Saturday, Aug 31, 2019 7:30 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: Washington Heights/Inwood
    • Composers: Vaughan Williams, Shostakovich, De Falla
    • Instruments: Harp & viola
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 5 years ago

  • Summer Strings

    Tuesday, Aug 13, 2019 6:30 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: Flatiron
    • Composers: Beethoven, Dohnanyi
    • Instruments: String Trio
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 5 years ago

  • Friday Muse in Noho!

    Friday, Jul 12, 2019 7:00 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: NoHo
    • Composers: Haydn, Piazzolla, Mendelssohn
    • Instruments: String quartet
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 5 years ago

  • Welcome to El Barrio

    Friday, Jan 25, 2019 7:00 PM EST

    • Neighborhood: East Harlem
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened almost 6 years ago

  • Post Christmas in Cobble Hill

    Saturday, Dec 29, 2018 7:30 PM EST

    • Neighborhood: Cobble Hill
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened almost 6 years ago

  • Christmas Eve Eve Party!

    Sunday, Dec 23, 2018 6:30 PM EST

    • Neighborhood: Morningside
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 6 years ago

  • Music for Harp and Viola

    Friday, Dec 14, 2018 7:00 PM EST

    • Neighborhood: Inwood
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 6 years ago

  • Sunday night at the Bed-Stuy Chateau

    Sunday, Nov 11, 2018 6:30 PM EST

    • Neighborhood: Bedford-Stuyvesant
    • Composers: Heitor Villa-Lobos, W. A. Mozart, Kimbra
    • Instruments: String quartet
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 6 years ago

  • Massivemuse

    A Most Inclusive Massivemuse

    Thursday, Sep 6, 2018 7:00 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: East Passyunk Crossing, Philadelphia
    • Composers: Heitor Villa-Lobos, Florence Price
    • Price: $20 tickets ($15 for Supermusers)

    Happened over 6 years ago

  • Classical Cobble Hill

    Saturday, May 26, 2018 8:00 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: Cobble Hill
    • Composers: Beethoven, Schubert
    • Instruments: String Trio
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 6 years ago

  • Group Muse on May 24th

    Thursday, May 24, 2018 7:30 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: Lincoln Park
    • Composers: Beethoven, Schubert
    • Instruments: String trio
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened over 6 years ago

  • Chelsea Groupmuse on October 21

    Friday, Oct 21, 2016 7:00 PM EDT

    • Neighborhood: Chelsea, New York
    • Price: $5 to reserve, $20+ at event

    Happened about 8 years ago