Theory, Class Piano, Accompanying
jbandrews@monm.edu

Julia Andrews teaches music theory, aural skills, and group piano at Monmouth College. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she accompanies the Monmouth Chorale and Concert choirs, as well as studio lessons, recitals, convocations, and juries.

Andrews is an active performer of chamber music and jazz piano. She performs regularly across the Midwest with the jazz trio “Surprisingly Hip.” Along with vocalist Kara Leigh, Andrews released her first cd Black Coffee in the fall of 2007.

Andrews graduated with the Master of Music degree from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln where she studied pedagogy from Dr. Brenda Wristen and piano from Dr. Mark Clinton. She received two Bachelors’ of Music degrees in piano and music theory from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, where she studied piano with Dr. Lora Deahl. While at Texas Tech, she was a Presser Scholar for excellence in music and was the Highest Ranked Undergraduate in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.

Andrews made make her international debut in November 2008 as a guest artist at the Ho Chi Minh City Conservatory of Music International Contemporary Music Festival in Vietnam. In addition to teaching at Monmouth, Andrews also teaches and accompanies at Knox College and is the staff pianist at First Presbyterian Church, Galesburg.