Julia McFarlane

Equally at home as a performer and educator, Julia McFarlane has been the principal second violinist of the Kingston Symphony since 2014 and is co-director of the Canta Arya School for Strings.  She is also a member of the Isabel String Quartet.  Julia has been teaching for over 35 years and has been a guest clinician at numerous workshops and music festivals. 

Julia began violin at age five and went on to earn degrees from McGill University and the Peabody Institute of Music.  Before moving back to her hometown of Kingston, Julia was the principal second violinist of the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra and was a co-director of Saskatoon chamber orchestra Prairie Virtuosi  She also held the position of concertmaster of the NYCO Symphony Orchestra for 10 years.