Dr. Julie Haring
Instructor - Violin & Music HistoryBiography
As an active performer and educator, violinist Dr. Julie Haring has performed and taught throughout the United States, Europe, and Central America. Currently, Dr. Haring serves as Instructor of violin and viola at the University of Alabama in Huntsville and Alabama A&M University. In addition to her collegiate work, she also serves as an Orchestra Teaching Assistant in the Tuscaloosa City Schools.
As a soloist, Dr. Haring has been featured with the Bradley Symphony Orchestra, Connecticut Symphony Orchestra, Lincoln-Sudbury Symphony Orchestra, Manchester Symphony Orchestra, and was the featured alumni soloist with the Kankakee Valley Youth Symphony and Lincoln-Way Central Orchestra.
With a passion for chamber music, Dr. Haring has spent time in several versatile small ensembles. For three years she served as first violinist with the Luna String Quartet, a group that received an artist fellowship at Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music and was named a
semi-finalist in the Coltman Chamber Music Competition. Additionally, she concurrently spent five years as lead violinist in Foot in the Door, a contemporary music ensemble. Currently, she serves as violinist in the Willow Trio, a string trio dedicated to performing works by lesser-
known composers throughout music history and making music accessible to all. Her work can be heard on the Naxos label.
As an orchestral performer, Dr. Haring performs with groups throughout the Southeast United States such as the Tuscaloosa, Mobile, Huntsville, and Meridian symphonies. Before moving to Alabama, she served as concertmaster of the Connecticut Valley Symphony and Manchester Symphony Orchestra in Connecticut.
With a strong commitment to education and access to music education, she has also collaborated with Teaching Artists International to bring music to underprivileged students around the world, most recently in Guatemala. In 2025, Dr. Haring was invited to join the Tennessee Valley Music Festival as violin faculty. Additionally, she also joined the faculty at Birch Creek Music Performance Center where she serves as a violin teaching assistant and music librarian.
Dr. Haring received her Bachelor of Music in violin performance from Bradley University in 2016 and a Master of Music in violin performance from The Hartt School in 2018. In May 2022, she graduated with a Doctor of Musical Arts in violin performance and minor in music history from The Hartt School, where she was also awarded the Regents Honor Award, the university’s most distinguished award for graduate students. Her principal teachers have included Marcia Henry-Liebenow and Anton Miller.
Outside of her career, Dr. Haring enjoys cats, hiking, board games, reading, and cheering on the Green Bay Packers.
Education
- D.M.A., Violin Performance, The Hartt School
- M.M., Violin Performance, The Hartt School
- B.M., Violin Performance, Bradley University
Affiliations
- American String Teachers Association