
Julia Seager-Scott is a graduate of the University of Toronto, where she obtained a Bachelor of Music in Performance and a Master of Music studying with Judy Loman. Currently, Julia is principal harpist of the Stratford Festival Orchestra, performing this season in Camelot, and teaches at a private studio in Toronto. She is also a freelance harpist doing solo, orchestral, choral, chamber, radio and television work.
Julia has recently performed with the National Ballet of Canada Orchestra and the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony Orchestra, as well as at weddings and other private functions. A scholarship student at the Royal Conservatory of Toronto for many years, Julia has come full circle and is now a member of the College of Examiners.
Julia is currently studying Baroque music on her Italian triple harp with Maxine Eilander and Lucas Harris and is a founding member of the Toronto Continuo Collective. A recent highlight in Julia's Baroque harp career was accompanying Dame Emma Kirkby with the Tafelmusik Orchestra. She has also performed with the Toronto Consort, Opera Atelier and the Catacoustic Consort of Cincinnati.
At the other end of the musical spectrum, Julia has played harp on Canadian Idol and performs with Charles Spearin of Broken Social Scene in his Happiness Project, a 2010 JUNO Award winner.
