Dr. Julia Davids enjoys a thriving career as a versatile musician. She holds degrees in Education, Conducting, and Voice Performance from the University of Western Ontario (London, Ontario), the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Michigan), and a D.M. from Northwestern University.  Julia has been Music Director of the North Shore Choral Society since 2009.  

As a soprano soloist, she is an avid performer and recitalist having appeared with Bella Voce, the Callipygian Players, Opera Atelier, the Vancouver Cantata Singers, the Toronto Chamber Choir, the Toronto Consort, the Guelph Chamber Choir, the Aradia Ensemble, Publick Musick, Ars Musica, and others.

She is the Stephen J. Hendrickson Endowed Chair of Choral Activities at North Park University, Chicago, where she directs the choirs and teaches music education.  Julia has been the Artistic Director of the Canadian Chamber Choir, Canada’s national professional-level chamber choir, since 2004.  She has led the CCC on concert and workshop tours and produced their debut recording In Good Company released in 2010.  Julia is also Director of Music Ministries at Trinity United Methodist Church, Wilmette, and is in demand as an adjudicator, clinician, and guest conductor.  She is co-author with Stephen LaTour of the book Vocal Technique – A Guide for Conductors, Teachers, and Singers to be published by Waveland Press in the spring of 2012.  She resides in Skokie with her husband, baroque violinist Martin Davids, and their two children, Judith and Solomon.