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Biography

Korean-American musical theater composer/lyricist/librettist and proponent of Asian-American representation in the arts. Vocalist, music director, and classically trained violinist.

Julia’s recent TYA works include Thumbelina: A Little Musical, which was commissioned for the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.)’s 2019 Family Musical, Jack and the Beanstalk: A Musical Adventure (2020 A.R.T. Family Show).

Her other works include In The Beginning (Currently in progress); The East Side: A New Musical (Harvard University, 2019); and Hitched (Harvard University, 2018).

Julia was the 2020 recipient of the Radcliffe Doris Cohen Levi Prize, which recognizes the undergraduate who combines talent and energy with outstanding enthusiasm for musical theater at Harvard.