Julia discusses the strengths and challenges of American music, and the incredible diversity of sound in her programs for Philharmonia’s “Let Freedom Ring” concert series – from the Black American roots of Dvořák’s New World Symphony, to George Gershwin and Margaret Bonds’s settings of poems by Langston Hughes.

Julia rang in 2023 alongside conductor Alan Gilbert and the NDR Elbphilharmonie Orchestra. In a review by the Hamburger Abendblatt, Julia’s performance was praised saying, “The main discovery on the evening was Julia Bulllock. A silky luminous voice, [with the] stage charisma of three singers… “Summer Time” – a captivating laid-back interpretation… A pity that...

San Francisco Symphony Collaborative Partner Julia Bullock shares History’s Persistent Voice, her original and ever-developing program, which highlights the words, work, and experiences of Black American artists. In this mixed media concert, voices spanning across generations who were enslaved through the 1860s are heard alongside those who lived through years of convict leasing, share cropping, Jim...