Julie Query

Julie Query comes to the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir with years of experience in
communications, content creation, and community engagement, a Bachelor’s degree in Spanish with minors in French and English (Creative Writing) from Butler University, and a Certificate of Achievement from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

Ms. Query did not consider pursuing music professionally until 2014, when she sang in a church choir that happened to be led by a former chorister of the Lyric Opera of Chicago, Dr. Thomas
Eden, who convinced her to begin private study. This led to her successful audition into the
Indianapolis Symphonic Choir in 2015, in which she sang for three seasons, including our tour
to New York City to sing Mohammad Fairouz’s Zabur at Carnegie Hall.

Often nicknamed a “Disney princess soprano”, Julie grew up listening to music on the oldies
station, watching musicals like Carousel and Camelot on repeat, and having every ‘90s movie
musical memorized word for word, particularly Anastasia and The Little Mermaid. Her initial
exposure to classical music began when she started figure skating at the age of six; here she
fell in love with the fiery and passionate music from the likes of Puccini, Ravel, Alwyn, and
Tchaikovsky, thanks to skaters like Michelle Kwan and Sasha Cohen.

In 2017, she began graduate study at Butler University for her Master’s in Vocal Performance,
studying under Diana Huntoon and Kirsten Gunlogson. During her graduate career, she
performed in several operas, including Suor Angelica, The Old Maid and the Thief, and Hansel
and Gretel, in which she knocked an item off her bucket list by getting to fly on stage as the
Witch. She also sang with Indianapolis Opera from 2018-2022.

Since then, Ms. Query has made her house and role debut with Toledo Opera in Suor Angelica,
made her professional musical debut in Carousel, and led a benefit concert at the Indiana
Historical Society to raise funds for cancer research. She also frequently performs with the
Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Pops Chorus and sings as a soloist in many churches across
Indiana. Currently she studies voice at IU Bloomington with Ray Fellman, Director of Musical
Theatre and Professor of Voice, and acting at Constellation Stage & Screen with Eric Shelley.
She is also a devoted student of ballet, jazz, and tap. In her free time, she loves to read, bake,
and spend time with her many cats.