dr. Julie Myung ok song
Cantate Choir Conductor
She frequently sings at local churches to support community music. She has extensive performance experience as a singer in both Korea and the USA, including in the New York metropolitan area and Florida. She has had leading roles in contemporary operas, such as If This Be Madness and Rotation, and she released the album, Prayer, containing 16 new songs in English and Korean.
Her research focuses on vocal health education for singers and music teachers and music education philosophy. Her research has been presented at international, national, and regional conferences, such as the International Society for Music Education Conference, the National Association for Music Education Conference, and the Florida Music Education Association Conference. Her research has been published in Update: Applications for Research in Music Education. She also serves as a reviewer for leading music education journals.
Julie received a Ph.D. in music education from the University of Florida and a Post-Master’s Advanced Certification in vocal pedagogy and an M.A. in music education from New York University. She holds an M.M. in music performance as a singer and a B.A. degree in music education from Korea. Julie also studied choir conducting in the Juilliard School Evening Division, and she is Kodaly and Vocology certified. She has won several awards, including the Richard Hirsh Memorial Award for Students in the Arts (NYU), the David L. Wilmot Prize for Excellence in Music Education (University of Florida), and the Dissertation Finish Line Award (University of Florida).
Dr. Julie M. Song is a visiting faculty member at the School of Music, University of North Florida (UNF). At UNF, she teaches multiple courses related to music and music education, including Men’s Choir (5 O’clock Singers), Research in Music Education, Advanced Choral Conducting, Teaching Elementary Music, and Secondary Choral Music Methods. She also oversees student-teaching internships. Prior to UNF, Julie taught at the University of Florida, New York University, and multiple universities in Korea. In addition, Julie has taught students in multiple formats in K-12 and adult lifelong learning programs in both South Korea and the USA, covering both choir and solo voices, as well as various genres of music such as classical, Broadway, pop, K-pop, and church music. She has been a choir director for more than 15 years, leading church choirs in New York and Korea.