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Soprano, Dr. Julianne Olson, is an experienced performer, voice teacher, pedagogue, professor and researcher. Having performed in fifteen countries, four continents and among diverse populations, Julianne has developed an awareness of the unifying power of vocal arts in society. A native of Whatcom County, WA, Julianne left the PNW in 2004 after winning the Pacific Idol competition to attend the Boston Conservatory of Music.  Since then, Julianne has gone on to perform with such companies as the Lyric Opera of Chicago Lyric Unlimited (Agnieszka in the world premiere of The Property), Princeton Festival (Lucy Brown in Three Penny Opera), Hungarian National Theater of Szeged and Pécs (The Crucible), Opera Roanoke (Musetta in La Boheme), DiCapo Opera (Mimi in La Boheme) Voice Afire Pocket Opera NYC (Madame Butterfly), Manhattan Symphonie (soloist on China tour), Ravinia (Concert am Rhein and concerts in Tucson and Scottsdale, AZ and Palm Springs, CA), Lincoln Center (Puccini Gala), New York Opera Studio (Eugene Onegin), Peoria Symphony (Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte), Indiana University Opera Theater (Sung Ba in the world premiere of The Tale of Lady Thị Kín), Triad Stage (Beggar Woman in Sweeney Todd) and throughout South Korea, China, Africa and Indonesia. Julianne was was also the regular singer (jazz, opera, theater, blues) at Mambo Italiano in Soho, NYC for three years.  Julianne has twice been awarded from the Metropolitan Opera National Council and recently sang the title role of Madame Butterfly with Denver International Festival of Arts and Technology. Upcoming engagements include a variety of concerts and oratorio performances throughout the southeast United States as well as golden age musical theater concerts alongside baritone, Nathaniel Olson, her spouse.  Prior to her career in opera and musical theater, Julianne won the pop competition, Pacific Idol in Washington State.  As part of her winnings, Julianne worked in the recording studio with the legendary Tom Whitlock who is an American songwriter and musician, best known for his Academy Award-and Golden Globe-winning song "Take My Breath Away", from the film Top Gun, which he co-wrote with Giorgio Moroder. 

Currently, Dr. Olson trains classical and musical theater singers at Elon University. Julianne is also thrilled be on the Contemporary and Musical Theater Voice Faculty at Opera Viva!  in Verona, Italy each summer .  Additionally, she serves on the voice faculty of Averett University and designed a “Music and Society” course that was added to the African American Studies and Music Department's course offerings. Dr. Olson’s former positions include Coordinator of Contemporary Voice at Universitas Pelitas Harapan, a university near Jakarta, Indonesia, Voice Instructor at Radford University, Teaching Artist at Chicago Opera Theater Opera for All, Teaching Artist at Midori and Friends NYC, Voice Teacher at Singer's Forum NYC, Project Leader with Sing for Hope NYC and master class clinician throughout the Indonesian archipelago and at Kangnam University in Seoul, South Korea. Julianne is a member of the American Guild of Musical Artists, Society of Ethnomusicology and National Association of Teachers of Singing.

Dr. Olson’s primary research interests are Pedagogical in nature and center around two fundamental aspects of vocal health. First, the holistic health of the singing artist -- anatomically, hormonally, mechanistically and psychologically. Second, a vocalist’s agency in contributing to a healthy society and the power of the amalgamated voice. Recently, Julianne presented elements of her research at the Society of Ethnomusicology Conference at Indiana University on a panel entitled, “Sounding Environmental Justice.”

Julianne holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts with a Cognate in Vocal Pedagogy from The University of North Carolina in Greensboro. Dr. Olson also holds degrees from Boston Conservatory, New Jersey City University, and Indiana University.

When she is not singing or teaching, Julianne can be found camping or hiking with her husband, Nathaniel, and her beagle rescue, Nigel.  She is also a certified Reiki instructor, long distance runner, and songwriter.

Photo taken with musical activist, rapper, singer songwriter, and friend, Harlan James during a recording session at Lummi Nation in Washington State. Collaboration was for a recording of Harlan's song, "Mother Nature's Rights."