Biography

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Juliana is a recorder player, whistle player and vocalist based in Sheffield, UK. She has performed for TV, theatre, opera and radio including for the BBC, Disney+, The Royal Shakespeare Company, and the Manchester Collective. She has also recieved composition/recording commisions from Making Tracks, the Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music, and the University of Sheffield.

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She co-directs Emergence Collective, an improvised minimalist ensemble, featuring a revolving line-up of around 30 musicians.  They regularly perform and have sold out venues around the UK, and have released several albums to critical aclaim- “beautifully subtle yet hypnotic performance of stripped back improvised minimalism" - The Guardian.

Her solo project uses a haunting combination of the lower family of recorders, whistles, vocalisations, found sounds and field recordings, building looped layers and ambient, improvised textures. She was commisioned by the Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music to write and record her debut solo album, which has been released on the Northern label New Jazz and Improvised Recordings, and by Making Tracks to write and record a piece transcribing humpback whale song, the recording of which was adapted and played on their UK tour- "that was a real journey wasn't it? The deft use of echo there to create this sinuous texture of sound. That was absolutely beautiful" - Corey Mwamba. BBC Radio 3.

She also performs as a duo with Tom Harris, using reclaimed steel plates, springs and water vessels as resonators for low recorders, whistles, voice, tapes and synths, and performs with experimental harpist Manon McCoy, who was also featured on her album.

​As well as performing, Juliana is also an experienced teacher and workshop leader, and currently teaches recorder at the University of Sheffield, Sheffield Music Academy and facilities workshops exploring the creative process of improvisation, composition and electronic music.