Originally from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, violinist Julia Wedman joined Tafelmusik in 2005. Despite being one of the newest members of the ensemble, she is quickly developing a reputation for her solo performances. She is regularly showcased on the orchestra’s home series and on tour throughout Canada, the US, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Europe, China and Korea. The Globe and Mail describes her playing as “extraordinarily intuitive,” “highly communicative,” and, her personal favourite, “zesty”! As a student, she developed a passion for period performance, inspired by her work at Indiana University with baroque violinist Stanley Ritchie, as well as studies at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Toronto. Julia is a member of the innovative young baroque ensemble I FURIOSI. In addition to their successful Toronto concert series, IF has performed at music festivals in Canada, the U.S.A, Germany, England and Ireland. In September of 2008 the group released their first commercial CD, Crazy, available on the Dorian label. She is also one quarter of the Eybler Quartet, a period instrument group whose focus is rarely heard classical works. Their debut CD of string quartets by Joseph Leopold Edler von Eybler is available on Analekta. A chamber music addict, Julia is also member of the dynamic Kirby String Quartet, who perform everything from Purcell to John Zorn, on both period and modern instruments. The group performs regularly in Toronto at the Music Garden, and are the artistic directors of the Kirby String Quartet Chamber Music Workshop, an intensive training course held at Trinity College in Langley, B.C. Julia is also becoming known for her imaginative programming. Her education show A Water Music Adventure was featured on Tafelmusik’s 2008 education series and Ontario tour, as well as the Carnegie Kids series at Carnegie Hall, in New York City in 2009. She is the creative force behind both a main series and an education concert for Tafelmusik celebrating Earth Day 2010, called Forces of Nature.