Biography
Julianna Darby joined the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra as second clarinet during the 2023/2024 season. Before moving to Atlanta, she was a clarinet fellow for the New World Symphony in Miami Beach under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas and Stéphane Denève. She held the second and E-flat clarinet position in the Evansville Philharmonic for the 2021/2022 season, and has performed with the Cleveland Orchestra and the Britt Festival Orchestra.
Julianna holds a Master's degree from the Eastman School of Music where she studied with Michael Wayne of the Boston Symphony. While at Eastman, she had her solo debut with orchestra, performing the Mozart Clarinet Concerto in Kodak Hall. She worked with multiple chamber groups including the Sequoia Reed Quintet, a semi-finalist in the Fischoff Chamber Music Competition in 2021. She holds a Bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University where she was a Cornelius Vanderbilt scholar and studied with Bil Jackson.