Voice • Violin • Piano • General Music • Embodied Performance

Welcome Julia Flanagan, this year’s Find Your Voice workshop instructor! Julia is a vocalist, educator, and somatic facilitator who helps people reconnect to their voice—from technique to truth. Based in downtown Salida, Colorado, she blends classical training, trauma-informed education, and embodied arts into a grounded, heart-led teaching style that meets each student exactly where they are.

With a degree in Choral and General Music Education and Adaptive Music from the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, Julia spent the early years of her teaching career in public schools on a Reservation in Wisconsin, working with learners of all ages and abilities. There’s not a time in her life when she recalls music and the arts weren’t a focal point; spending a dozen years Irish dancing, beginning violin lessons at age five, and always singing, her studies were shaped by incredible mentors—including a former Metropolitan Opera singer and a Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra violinist. That classical foundation launched decades of performance in opera, musical theater, both solo and ensemble productions, and international touring.

Julia’s love for song is matched only by her passion for creating spaces where music becomes a tool for healing, confidence, and community. She holds two 200-hour Yoga and Trauma-Informed Certifications, is a certified breathwork facilitator offering individualized and group sessions, and continues to offer private and group lessons in voice, piano, violin, and general music. A lifelong music lover, she infuses her work with song, heart, rhythm, joy, and authenticity.

Julia believes every voice matters and every voice can sing—singing is both a skill and a remembering. Her mission is to help others uncover their sound and feel empowered to share it with the world.

At Camp Coletrain, Julia’s Find Your Voice, Vocal Workshop explores:

• Healthy vocal technique + intuitive, expressive, embodied singing
• Breathwork and body-based tools to support vocal freedom and nervous system regulation
• Group singing, melody, harmonic exploration, and vocal improvisation
• Variety of repertoire genres
• Performance presence, musical storytelling, and creative confidence

**Included with Adult Workshop Passes If you’ve purchased an adult workshop pass, this class is already included—no need to register separately.