ABOUT

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Juliana is a recorder player, whistle player and composer based in Sheffield, UK, whose work spans performance, composition and creative collaboration. She has received commissions from Making Tracks, the Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music, and the University of Sheffield. A graduate of Birmingham Conservatoire, she has performed for TV, theatre, opera and radio, with credits including the BBC, Disney+,Sky TV, the Royal Shakespeare Company and Manchester Collective.

She founded and co-directs Emergence Collective, an improvised minimalist ensemble with a revolving line-up of around 40 musicians. The group performs and releases regularly, selling out venues around the UK and receiving critical acclaim, with The Guardian describing their work as “a beautifully subtle yet hypnotic performance of stripped-back improvised minimalism.”

Juliana's solo work explores layered low recorders, whistles, vocalisations, found sounds and field recordings, creating ambient and improvised textures. She was commissioned by the Newcastle Festival of Jazz and Improvised Music to write and record her debut solo album, and by Making Tracks to transcribe and record humpback whale song, later adapted for their UK tour. Her work has been featured on BBC Radio 3, with presenter Corey Mwamba describing one performance as “absolutely beautiful.”

She also performs experimental music with Tom Harris, using reclaimed steel sculptures as resonators, and collaborates with experimental harpist Manon McCoy. Her recorder playing has featured on numerous film and television soundtracks, including Renegade Nell (Disney+), The Death of Robin Hood, The Thing With Feathers and The Salt Path Scandal(Sky).

Alongside performing, Juliana is an experienced teacher and workshop leader, teaching recorder at the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Music Academy and leading workshops exploring improvisation, composition and electronic music.