Julie Johnson Sarver is a flutist in the Canton Symphony Orchestra, where she has played both flute and piccolo since 1987.  She also plays regularly with the Akron Symphony Orchestra and the Akron Symphonic Winds, and has played with the Pittsburgh Opera, the Cleveland Opera, the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra, and three seasons with the Lancaster Festival Orchestra.  She was awarded the Top Virtuoso Woodwind Award at the Mid-America Music Association competition in St. Louis, MO and won third place at the national level of the Music Teacher’s National Association competition in Phoenix, AZ in 1981.  She is an active free-lance musician performing on concerts, shows, recitals and weddings throughout Ohio.  She has adjudicated for the Northeastern Ohio Flute Association competition and was selected to be a judge for the National Flute Association’s Flute Choir auditions in 2003.

Julie is currently the Professor of Flute at both Malone University and The University of Mount Union, where she teaches Applied Flute, Flute Pedagogy, and directs the Flute Ensembles. She also teaches flute at Jackson Memorial Middle School one day a week as part of their band program. She taught for nine years in the Artful Living and Learning Program in the Massillon and Canton City School districts, in addition to operating a large private studio in her home.

Julie holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Nebraska and a Master of Music degree in flute performance from the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University where her teachers include James Pellerite, Richard Graef of the Chicago Symphony, Peter Lloyd of the London Symphony Orchestra and William Hebert of the Cleveland Orchestra.