Julie Koidin, D.M.
	Title:	Music Instructor
	Office:	Mundelein 1202
	Phone:	773-508-8319
	E-mail:	jkoidin@luc.edu

Personal Information

D.M., Northwestern University
M.M., Northwestern University
B.M., University of Illinois (Champaign-Urbana, IL)

Dr. Julie Koidin is a native of Chicago. As a flutist, her solo performances include various programs on WFMT'S "Live from WFMT/Studio One," the Dame Myra Hess Concert Series, and with the Volta Redondo Orchestra in Brazil. In October 2008, she performed Paquito D'Riveira's "Danzon" flute concerto with the Millennium Chamber Orchestra as part of the Latino Music Festival broadcast on WFMT.

Dr. Koidin is active as a chamber musician, and is a founding member of “Ondas,” an ensemble dedicated to performing works by Latino composers.  She is a former member of the Pilgrim Chamber Players, and has performed as a guest in the MAVerick Ensemble, CUBE, Flutes Fantastique, and other organizations.

Dr. Koidin is also an orchestral musician, she has performed with the Chicago Chamber Orchestra, I Musici de Montreal, the Choral Ensemble of Chicago, South Suburban Symphony, and the Lake Shore Symphony, to name a few.

Dr. Koidin is one of a only a handful of Brazilian choro specialists in the U.S. She has performed choro music and other Brazilian genres in both the U.S. and Brazil, playing with legendary Brazilian flutists Altamiro Carrilho, Carlos Poyares, Andréa Ernest Dias, pianist Maria Teresa Madeira, and groups such as Nó em Pingo D'Água and Rabo de Lagartixa. In 2001 she was the only U.S. musician to perform alongside of Altamiro Carrilho in a gala concert celebrating his career at the Teatro Municipal in São Paulo.

Dr. Koidin has performed with Paulinho Garcia in their duo, "Dois no Choro" and recorded three CDs - Carinhoso (2000) Juntos (2002 Jazzmin Music) and Asa Branca (2008 Laughing Buddha Music), since 1997. Juntos received two first round nominations ("Best Album" and "Best Brazilian Roots Album") in the 2003 Latin Grammy Awards. Both Juntos and Asa Branca were awarded grants from the Illinois Arts Council.