Artistic Director / Founder
Julian has been involved in music his whole life as a boy soprano, concert pianist and organist, singer with local, national, and international choirs (Winnipeg Philharmonic, Nathanial Dett Choral, Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart). He's been a church music director, composer/arranger, and musical theatre director for 35 years. Julian founded the Manitoba Sacred-Music Choir (later as ReSound!) in 1994, and the Baroque Life Ensemble in 2004. He received medals in Italy and The Netherlands, and has trees planted in his name in Israel for work on Christian-Jewish relations. Julian is sought after as a conductor, arranger, singer, accompanist, and clinician. He studied conducting with Helmuth Rilling, Sir John Elliot Gardiner, and Dr. William Baerg, organ with Lawrence Ritchey, Conrad Grimes, Richard Greig, and Vidas Pinkevicius, and piano with Doris Green, Bertha Klassen, and Dr. David Moroz. He holds music/theology/conducting degrees from the University of Winnipeg and Canadian Mennonite University. Julian is currently Music Director at St. George's Anglican Church, and works at a hotel in Scanterbury, MB. He enjoys movies, friends, reading, board games, knitting, culinary arts, fishing, and golf.
