Biography
Julia Dokter holds a Ph.D in musicology (Utrecht University, 2016; thesis entitled "Tactus and Tempo in Organ Music from the German Baroque), a D.Mus in organ performance (McGill university, 2014, class of Hans-Ola Ericsson), a M.Mus in organ performance (McGill University, class of John Grew), a M.A. in music theory (McGill University), and a B.Mus (McMaster University).
Julia Dokter combines her love of the organ repertoire with her musicological interests. She was recognized by the American Musicological Society's "Noah Greenberg Award" (2013) for her work on tactus and tempo and its application to the organ music of Matthias Weckmann (c. 1616-1674). This work formed the core of her doctoral thesis (lecture-recital presentation on January 24, 2014, Montreal). She presented her research into baroque tempo at the "16th International Conference for Baroque Music" (2014) at the Mozarteum in Salzurg (Austria). Currently, she is expanding this research to the music of other German baroque organ composers (such as Buxtehude, Bruhns, Böhm, etc.) up to and including J.S. Bach. The American Bach Society has just awarded her the "William H. Scheide Research Grant" for this research (2014).
Her research into musical rhetoric in the music of the 17th-century Dutch composer J.P. Sweelinck has been published by two Dutch journals (The Tijdschrift van de Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis 2011 in English and in Het Orgel in Dutch translation) and by the Ashgate publishing house. She also formed part of the editing team for the Ashgate publication - a collection of essays devoted to the networks of music, culture and religion surrounding Peter Philips and J.P. Sweelinck.
She has also presented her research in lecture recitals at three conferences: Paper presentation at “International Conference for Historical Keyboard Music” (Edinburgh, U.K. July 2013); Lecture-recital at the “Musical, Cultural and Religious Networks in Early Modern Europe: In Celebration of Peter Philip’s 450th Anniversary (Aberdeen, U.K. March 2011); Lecture-recital at the “Symposium: Networks of Keyboard Music c. 1600: Focus on Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and Peter Philips” (Montreal, February 2011).
In 2012, Julia Dokter joined a team to organize a conference in honour of the internationally renowned harpsichordist Kenneth Gilbert.
Julia Dokter also enjoys concertizing and has given various recitals of music ranging from the early 17th Century to the late 20th Century. Her concerts include those performed at the Notre Dame Basilica, Montréal; Oratoire St. Joseph, Montréal; St. Anges-Guardiens, Lachine; Redpath Hall, Montréal; St. James United Church, Montréal; Metropolitan United Church, Toronto; University of Aberdeen, U.K.
Julia Dokter combines her love of the organ repertoire with her musicological interests. She was recognized by the American Musicological Society's "Noah Greenberg Award" (2013) for her work on tactus and tempo and its application to the organ music of Matthias Weckmann (c. 1616-1674). This work formed the core of her doctoral thesis (lecture-recital presentation on January 24, 2014, Montreal). She presented her research into baroque tempo at the "16th International Conference for Baroque Music" (2014) at the Mozarteum in Salzurg (Austria). Currently, she is expanding this research to the music of other German baroque organ composers (such as Buxtehude, Bruhns, Böhm, etc.) up to and including J.S. Bach. The American Bach Society has just awarded her the "William H. Scheide Research Grant" for this research (2014).
Her research into musical rhetoric in the music of the 17th-century Dutch composer J.P. Sweelinck has been published by two Dutch journals (The Tijdschrift van de Koninklijke Vereniging voor Nederlandse Muziekgeschiedenis 2011 in English and in Het Orgel in Dutch translation) and by the Ashgate publishing house. She also formed part of the editing team for the Ashgate publication - a collection of essays devoted to the networks of music, culture and religion surrounding Peter Philips and J.P. Sweelinck.
She has also presented her research in lecture recitals at three conferences: Paper presentation at “International Conference for Historical Keyboard Music” (Edinburgh, U.K. July 2013); Lecture-recital at the “Musical, Cultural and Religious Networks in Early Modern Europe: In Celebration of Peter Philip’s 450th Anniversary (Aberdeen, U.K. March 2011); Lecture-recital at the “Symposium: Networks of Keyboard Music c. 1600: Focus on Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck and Peter Philips” (Montreal, February 2011).
In 2012, Julia Dokter joined a team to organize a conference in honour of the internationally renowned harpsichordist Kenneth Gilbert.
Julia Dokter also enjoys concertizing and has given various recitals of music ranging from the early 17th Century to the late 20th Century. Her concerts include those performed at the Notre Dame Basilica, Montréal; Oratoire St. Joseph, Montréal; St. Anges-Guardiens, Lachine; Redpath Hall, Montréal; St. James United Church, Montréal; Metropolitan United Church, Toronto; University of Aberdeen, U.K.