Biography
Photography by Bonnie Nichol
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). She teaches part-time at Georgia State University (music history) and is an Artist Affiliate (organ performance) at Agnes Scott College.
Working at the conjunction between performance and musicology, her interests focus on the historical performance practice of baroque music. She has been recognized by the American Musicological Society by the presentation of the "Noah Greenberg Award" (2013), and the American Bach Society by the presentation of the "William H. Scheide Research Grant" for her research in this area.
Currently she is completing a multi-year research project on tactus and tempo in German baroque music, combining in-depth source study with practical application.
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.
Working at the conjunction between performance and musicology, her interests focus on the historical performance practice of baroque music. She has been recognized by the American Musicological Society by the presentation of the "Noah Greenberg Award" (2013), and the American Bach Society by the presentation of the "William H. Scheide Research Grant" for her research in this area.
Currently she is completing a multi-year research project on tactus and tempo in German baroque music, combining in-depth source study with practical application.
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.
