About

Soprano Julie Welch has performed regionally with the Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma for two consecutive summers. She originated the role of Mulan in the brand-new stage production of Disney’s When You Wish: A Celebration of The Disney Song Book and recently performed the role of Pamina in Mozart’s Die Zauberflöte. She has been a Concerto Aria Competition winner at Oklahoma Baptist University and a featured performer at the OK Mozart Music Festival. Welch, a versatile singing actress, feels comfortable in opera, operetta, and musical theater. She has had extensive dance training and has been featured in several collegiate productions.

In addition to her performance career, Welch has a Bachelor of Music in voice performance from Oklahoma Baptist University where she was a music mentor and tutor for aural skills, music theory, music history, and lyric diction. She also holds a Master of Music degree in voice performance and pedagogy from Nazareth University where she was the assistant director and assistant stage manager for the opera production, Hansel and Gretel.

She is currently working on a Doctorate in Musical Arts at the University of South Carolina where she teaches music appreciation, private voice lessons, and recently stage managed for Opera at USC. Her field of research is focused on how to incorporate ballet techniques into training singers.