Julie Giroux

Julie Giroux
Julie Ann Giroux (born December 12, 1961 in Fairhaven, Massachusetts) is an American pianist and composer of orchestral, choral, chamber, and numerous concert band works.
Biography
Giroux graduated from Ouachita Parish High School, in Monroe, Louisiana and earned a Bachelor of Music in Performance from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. During her college years, Giroux composed several concert band works which were published by Southern Music Company. Immediately after graduation she traveled to Los Angeles, California and began orchestrating under the employ of American composer Bill Conti for the Television Mini Series North and South. While in Los Angeles Giroux studied with several composers and orchestrators including Bill Conti, Jack Eskew and Greg McRitchie.
From 1985 to 1997, Julie Giroux orchestrated for television and films including April Fool's Day, Dynasty, North and South, North and South Book II, The Karate Kid Part II, Broadcast News, Masters of the Universe, White Men Can't Jump, and Blaze.
In 1997, Giroux began to compose heavily for concert bands and orchestras publishing exclusively with Musica Propria. In 2004 Gia Publications, Inc. published the book entitled "Composers on Composing for Band, Volume Two" which features a chapter written by Julie Giroux. Her insightful chapter gives a down to earth description which is often humorous of her personal methods and techniques for composing for bands.
In 2009, Giroux, an accomplished pianist, performed her latest work Cordoba for Solo Piano and Concert Band in five U.S. cities and attended the premiere of Arcus IX, a work for Solo F Tuba and Concert Band at Blinn College in Brenham, Texas.
Her 2009 Film and documentary orchestrations and compositions include the ongoing project "Call for Green China" which primarily funded by World Bank was recorded, performed and broadcast live in China in 2007. In 2009 the project was extended with new musical material, recorded and set to tour seven cities in China where the show will be performed live.
Giroux's Symphony No. V "Elements" by the Eastern Wind Symphony, featuring Conductor Todd Nichols premiered on June 9, 2018. Her trumpet concerto commissioned by Conductor Ray Cramer, The Musashino Academia Musicae and principal trumpet Christopher Martin (trumpeter) of the New York Philharmonic premiered by the commissioners at The Midwest Clinic in December 2018.
An advocate of gun control and mental health awareness, Mrs. Giroux composed the work My Soul to Keep as a way to fight violence with music. In addition to its poignant lyrics and music, Giroux has made the work "Free, for everybody, forever". She has created several different settings, from acapella SATB choir to symphonic band with choir. Orchestral and vocal arrangements will also be added. The premiere took place in Orlando, Florida, the place of the second largest mass shooting in the U.S., with the National LGBT Pride Symphonic Band on October 13, 2019. The next large concert will be in Las Vegas, Nevada in October 2020, the site of the largest mass shooting in American history. The free music may be downloaded on her website. My Soul to Keep
Giroux is a Member of American Bandmasters Association (ABA) and an honorary brother of the Omicron chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi at West Virginia University. She was initiated into the fraternity on April 2, 2005 and in December, 2017 she was awarded the Distinguished Service to Music Medal.
Julie Giroux currently resides in Madison, Mississippi and continues to compose, orchestrate and arrange for television, movies, video games, wind bands and orchestras.
Published compositions
Giroux's concert works are published by Musica Propria and Southern Music Company. Most have been recorded by Mark Custom Recordings,
Fontec, Klavier, and Naxos.
Numerous United States Military Band recordings include her works. Those compact discs can be obtained by contacting the appropriate military band or purchased through various labels. All of the Concert Band/Wind Ensemble listed works are Published and most can be listened to at Giroux's official website.
Orchestra
Fort McHenry Suite
The Rockets Red Glare
Dimly Seen Through the Mists of the Deep
Freemen Shall Stand
Arcus IX
La Mezquita de Cordoba
Moorish Piano Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in Four Movements
Concert band and wind ensemble
A Time to Dance
All Good Things
Always
Amaranthine
Arcus IX (for solo f tuba and band)
Autumn Rose (2017)
Before the Sun (2013)
Boston Liberties (2009)
Carnaval! (2013)
Celestial Seas (2014)
Chorale for Wind Band & Melodic Percussion (2016)
Circus Franticus
Cordoba (for solo piano and band)2009
Crown of Thorns
Dragon Sky (2017)
Dream Dancer
Empire
Fantasie in French
Field of Dreams (2019)
Fort McHenry Suite
Freedom Rising
Glenbury Grove
Glorious Light
(The)Grace in Being (2013)
Hands of Mercy
HardDrive (2010)
Husaria Cavalry Overture
Hymn for the Innocent (2017)
Il Burlone
I'll Be Home A'fore Ye
Imbizo
Impressions (2017)
In My Father's Eyes (female voices & Wind Band)(2017)
Italian Rhapsody (2009)
J (2017)
Journey Through Orion
Just Flyin' (2016)
K2 (2012)
Kalanu
KHAN (2008)
La Mezquita de Cordoba (2007)
Legacy
Let Your Spirit Sing
Louisiana Parish Sketches
Mambo Perro Loco
March of the Sun Dried Tomatoes
Medalist Fanfare & Celebration (2014)
Movin' On Down the Line
Mystery on Mena Mountain (1979)
No Man's Land (2017)
Nothing That Is
Of Blood & Stone: The Pyramids of Giza (2015)
One Life Beautiful (2010)
OPA! (2017)
Ouachita
Our Cast Aways (2018)
Outlander (2009)
Overture in Five Flat
Paprikash (2014)
Poseidon
Primality!
Prisoner of the Ring (1984)
Riften Wed (2014)
Shadow Falls (2013)
Shine (2017)
Space Symphony
Strathcona Suite
Swashbuckler
The Ash Grove (2019)
The Bonsai Tree (2010)
The Hearthstone (2016)
The Grace in Being (2015-2017)
The Greatest Generation
The Nature of the Beast
The Necromancer
The Speed of Heat (2011)
Three Fanfares
Tiger Tail March
To Walk With Wings
Trillium
Twelve Gallon Hat (2013)
Under the Willow (2015)
Vigils Keep
Vortex (2016)
Wagon Trail
West Wind Overture
What Goes in the Night
When Country Comes to Town
Where the Red Fern Grows (2016)
Symphonies for concert band and wind ensemble
Symphony No. I Culloden (3 Movements)
Heilan Lochs, Bairns & Heather
I Hae Grat for Tho' I Kend
We Toomed Our Stoops for the Gaudy Sodgers
Symphony No. II No Finer Calling (3 Movements)
Integrity March
Far From Home
Honor Above All
Symphony No. III A Symphony of Fables (5 Movements)
The Lion and the Mouse
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
The Tortoise and the Hare
The Ugly Duckling
The Three Billy Goats Gruff
Symphony No. IV Bookmarks from Japan (composed in 2013 - 6 Movements)
Mount Fuji - "Fuji-san"
Nihonbashi - "Market Bridge"
The Great Wave off Kanagawa - "The Life of One Wave"
Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa - "Thunder Gate"
Evening Snow at Kambara - "Light is the Touch"
Hakone - "Drifting"
Symphony No. V ELEMENTS - (composed in 2017-2018 - 3 Movements)
Sun
Rain
Wind
Symphony No. VI The Blue Marble - (composed in 2021-2022 - 3 Movements)
The Blue Marble
Voices in Green
Let There be Life
Arrangements
Silent Night in Gotham
A Stocking Full of Composers
Christmas with Mozart
O Holy Night (arrangement for solo soprano and band)
Nearer My God to Thee
Christmas & Sousa Forever!
Peter Patapan
The Little Bolero Boy
Hark! Those Jingle Bells are Smokin'
Merrily on High
All Through the Night
The First Noel
The 12 Days of Christmas
What Child is Ringing those Bells?
I Got Rhythm, for Christmas
Jingle them Bells
Three Wise Guys
Away in the Manger
Christmas Toons
One Torch, Two Women, Three Ships and Men Rejoicing
The Blue Danube Christmas Waltz
I'll Be Home for Christmas (Brass Feature)
A Very Merry Heart & Soul
Nutcracker Fantasia
Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8, No. 4(RV297), "L'inverno" 1st Movement (Winter)- Vivaldi (Woodwind Feature)
Drummer Boy Charlie (Percussion & Rhythm Feature)
Recordings
The Music of Julie Giroux
Released by Mark Masters in 2010, recorded by the University of Texas at El Paso Wind Symphony with Ron Hufstader conducting.
Julie Giroux Presents "Concert Band Christmas Gone Crazy"
Released by Mark Masters in 2011, recorded by the University of Texas at El Paso Wind Symphony with Ron Hufstader conducting.
Jingle them Bells - Christmas Favorites Re-imagined by Julie Giroux
Released by Klavier, Distributed by Naxos - UPC:019688704322, Item Number: K 77043, Release Date: Oct 30, 2012. Performed by the University of North Texas Symphonic Band, Dennis Fisher conducting.
A Few Notes Between Friends - The Music of Julie Giroux
Released by Klavier, Distributed by Naxos - Released: Nov 11, 2014℗ 2014 Klavier. Performed by the University of North Texas Symphonic Band, Dennis Fisher, Paula Crider, Bruce Gilkes, Brendan Hagan, Bill Conti, Ray Cramer, Lowell Graham, Alan Sierichs & Julie Giroux conducting.
SHINE - Julie Giroux
Released by Klavier, Distributed by Naxos - Released April 20, 2018. Performed by the University of North Texas Symphonic Band, Dennis Fisher Conducting. Bruce Leeks Recording Engineer.
ELEMENTS - Julie Giroux - The Eastern Wind Symphony
Audio CD - August 9, 2019, Label: Mark Records, ASIN: B07T4N5BG3
References
External links
The Music of Julie Giroux Julie Giroux's Official Website
Musica Propria Julie Giroux's Publisher
Julie Giroux on IMDB The Internet Movie Database (IMDB)
Julie Giroux on Soundcloud The Music of Julie Giroux on Soundcloud
Has recordings of Giroux's music Mark Custom Recording Service
Publisher of Composers on Composing for Band Vol.II GIA Publications, Inc.
The CD "The Music of Julie Giroux" Amazon
The CD "Julie Giroux Presents - Concert Band Christmas Music Gone Crazy" Amazon
The CD "Julie Giroux Presents - Concert Band Christmas Music Gone Crazy" iTunes
The CD "Jingle Them Bells" Amazon
The CD "Jingle Them Bells" iTunes
The CD "Giroux: Shine" Amazon
The Cd "Giroux:Shine" itunes
The CD "Giroux: Elements - The Eastern Wind Symphony Amazon
The Cd "Giroux: Elements - The Eastern Wind Symphony itunes
1961 births
21st-century classical composers
American women classical composers
American classical composers
American music arrangers
Concert band composers
Primetime Emmy Award winners
Living people
Louisiana State University alumni
Musicians from Monroe, Louisiana
Texas classical music
People from Fairhaven, Massachusetts
20th-century classical composers
21st-century American composers
20th-century American women musicians
20th-century American composers
21st-century American women musicians
Classical musicians from Massachusetts
20th-century women composers
21st-century women composers
Classical musicians from Louisiana