She performs regularly with top regional orchestras including the Lansing Symphony, Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra, and the Flint Symphony Orchestra. In 2002 she performed with the Olympic International Orchestra for the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.

That song, which you have almost certainly sang along with, has been; played on the radio over 4 million times, recited into the Congressional Record, was recorded internationally and translated into many languages, has been turned into a children’s book, has been quoted in calendars and greeting cards and, most fun of all; it was used as the wake-up call for astronauts in the Mir Space Station the very first time the Americans hooked up with the Russians in outer space. Here songs have been recorded by Jewel, Cliff Richard, The African Children’s Choir, Judy Collins, The Byrds, Donna Summer, Nanci Griffiths, Patti LaBelle, Patti LuPone, and Kathie Lee Gifford. Now that is quite a list. Her songs have been featured in the films, ANDRE, and UNFAITHFUL, starring Richard Gere. Not only that, her song DREAM LOUD is a favorite of The Girl Scouts of America. Julie loves to tell people that she was paid in Girl Scout cookies for the use of that song.

Currently she is writing songs for the Oxford University Press for a series that teaches English to elementary school children all over the world. As the daughter of an immigrant, she sees this as her most meaningful endeavor to date.