Dr. Julia Alford is a composer, educator, and accordionist.  Her music spans a range of styles, and has in the past combined strains of texture, serialism and klezmer music with a firm commitment to melodic importance. Her most current (and ongoing) project is to compose a set of hymns for the Episcopal Church calendar year.

She received her Doctor of Musical Arts degree at Temple University under the direction of Matthew Greenbaum in the spring of 2013.  Her music has been performed in Philadelphia, New York, Kansas City, Chews Landing, NJ, Kalamazoo, Boca Raton, Aspen, and Piadena, Italy.

Dr. Alford teaches graduate theory review courses at Temple University, is the Education Manager for North America for Auralia & Musition, and hosts a series of aural theory tutorial videos on YouTube. In her spare time, she plays accordion, serves on the board for the Women’s Sacred Music Project, competes in trail races, rescues too many cats, serves in multiple ways at the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Chews Landing, New Jersey, and nurtures a decent sized garden. Her accordion playing can be enjoyed through the recordings the American Gothic-esque, Northern Arms.