Julianne served as principal flute with the Augusta Symphony Orchestra for 10 years, the ASO wind quintet and the Kankakee Symphony Orchestra in Illinois. She has also played in regional opera orchestras and musical shows on flute, clarinet, sax and piccolo.  She currently performs on flute and sax in the Boston area playing with Herb’s Herd, a local big band and also with her husband Barry Johnston on guitar.

Degrees: B.M. Flute Performance, Augusta State University; M.M. Flute Performance, University of South Carolina, additional studies, New England Conservatory