Short Bio:
Julie Geller captivates audiences around the world with her unique mix of Hebrew and spiritually-oriented English songs. Her most recent CD, You’re With Me, has been hailed by critics as "empowering and refreshing." Her CD of Shabbat music, Step Into Shabbat, was chosen as one of the top five new Shabbat CDs by the JUF news. She has also released This Road (Riparius Records, 2003) and Jewish Music Sampler (Beating Heart Records, 2010). Julie also teaches songwriting and artist workshops and serves on the faculty of Kabbalah Experience.
Julie is a graduate of Harvard University and New England Conservatory of Music. She studied at Bar Ilan University and Midreshet Lindenbaum in Israel. She currently lives in Denver, CO with her husband and three children.
Listen carefully as Julie’s music can bring you back to who you are.
Long Bio:
Julie Geller, a Denver-based folk and Jewish singer/songwriter, has been writing and performing songs since a friend showed her a C chord on the piano in the tenth grade. At that moment, she had her first glimpse into who she was: a songwriter.
Julie released her first full-length album, This Road (Riparius Records), in 2003. It was produced by NewSong's Gar Ragland and featured drummer Richie Barshay (Herbie Hancock Quartet, Chick Corea, The Klezmatics) vocalist Heather Masse (The Wailin' Jennys), and pianist James Carson.
In 2008, Julie founded Beating Heart Music and Beating Heart Records, and released Step Into Shabbat (Beating Heart Records). The album is a guide for a joyful Friday night experience and was created in conjunction with Stepping Stones, an organization dedicated to welcoming, supporting and educating unaffiliated interfaith couples and families.
In 2010, Julie released You're With Me. Her third album, this is her most moving to date. Of the eleven tracks on the album, nine are in English and two are in Hebrew. She is also simultaneously releasing two other works: the single If You Believe, from which a portion of the proceeds benefit the Journey Institute; and a Jewish Music Sampler, for those who are looking for the best of new Jewish Music. The Jewish Music Sampler features the best Jewish songs from all of Julie's albums as well as the exultant new track Hodu Lo and a spirited live recording of Adon Olam. Julie collaborated with producer John McVey on all three projects and all are being released on Beating Heart Records.
Julie plays extensively around Colorado and has also toured around the United States and Israel. She has played at numerous colleges, music venues, synagogues, churches, and at Limmud Colorado. She is equally at home in the folk and the Jewish scenes, and she seamlessly integrates both English and Hebrew music into her shows. In addition, Julie also teaches workshops around the country about how to access one's creative potential and how to succeed as an independent musician. She is on th faculty of Kabbalah Experience and has collaborated with Kate Bradley, founder of Outlandos Music.
Julie holds an honors BA from Harvard University in Visual and Environmental Studies and a Certificate of Contemporary Improvisation from the New England Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Ran Blake and Hankus Netsky (The Klezmer Conservatory Band). In addition, she completed a year of coursework in Ethnomusicology at Bar Ilan University in Israel.
Julie continues to write, tour, teach, and record, in addition to raising her three young children with her husband, Josh. She and her family live next door to her childhood home.
