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

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  Eleventh Hour

  • Instrument: Harp-viola duo
  • Location: NYC
  • 1 groupmuse played

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  Madkoi Quartet

  • Instrument: String Ensemble
  • Location: New York, NY
  • 16 groupmuses played

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Past groupmuses (51)