Julia Totten will perform her Distinguished Major Flute Recital on Saturday, March 1st, 2025 at 8:00pm in Old Cabell Hall. This recital will be livestreamed on the UVA Music YouTube channel. The livestream link will be available closer to the event date.
Julia will perform a program featuring pieces inspired by traditional folk music from a wide range of countries, including Japan, Azerbaijan, Romania, and Czechoslovakia. Her recital program will feature Goldfish Through Summer Rain by Anne Boyd, Six Pieces for Flute and Piano by Fikret Amirov, Madrigal Sonata by Bohuslav Martinů, Mei by Kazuo Fukushima, Sonata for Flute and Piano by Erwin Schulhoff, and Cantabile et Presto by George Enescu. Julia will be joined by Jeremy Thompson (piano), Alex Suh (piano), and Barbara Uzun (violin).
Julia Totten is a fourth year student at UVA from Jamestown, Rhode Island. Julia is majoring in Music with a Performance Concentration and Biochemistry. She started playing the flute at ten years old and has been heavily involved in the arts throughout her entire life. Before attending UVA, Julia participated in numerous ensembles including the Rhode Island All-State Band as the first chair flutist, the Rhode Island Philharmonic Youth Orchestra, the Southern New England Honors Band, and the John Philip Sousa National High School Honors Band. Julia also participated in solo and ensemble festivals for eight years and consistently received superior rankings. In addition, Julia was the first chair flutist of her high school band and was deeply involved in the music program, playing in the pit orchestra for the school’s musical theater productions. In addition to playing flute, Julia loves spending her free time listening to all forms of music. At UVA, Julia studies flute under Professor Kelly Sulick and is a member of the Charlottesville Symphony Orchestra. She is a Miller Arts Scholar and serves as a music representative on the Miller Arts Scholars Student Executive Committee. After graduating, Julia plans to take a gap year to work in the medical field while applying to medical schools.
This recital is supported by the Charles S. Roberts Scholarship Fund. Established in 2004 by the generosity of Mr. Alan Y. Roberts ('64) and Mrs. Sally G. Roberts, the Charles S. Roberts Scholarship Fund underwrites the private lessons and recital costs for undergraduate music majors giving a recital in their fourth year as part of a distinguished major program in music.
To see all of our Distinguished Major Recitals, please visit this page.
Old Cabell Hall is located on the south end of UVA's historic lawn, directly opposite the Rotunda (map). Parking is available in the Central Grounds parking garage on Emmet Street, in the C1 parking lot off McCormick Road, and in the parking lots at the UVA Corner.
All programs are subject to change.
Please contact the Music Department at 434.924.3052 or music@virginia.edu for more information.