Musician Bio

Julianna Darby is the newly appointed principal clarinetist of the Indianapolis Symphony. Prior to joining the Indianapolis Symphony, she served as the second clarinetist of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. Ms. Darby spent two seasons as a clarinet fellow for the New World Symphony in Miami Beach under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas and Stéphane Denève. She has also performed with the Cleveland Orchestra, the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, the Britt Festival Orchestra, and the Oregon Bach Festival Orchestra.

Ms. Darby is passionate about collaboration through chamber music. She recently performed with the Atlanta-based Merian Ensemble at Emory University where they performed Elizabeth Younan’s Metamorphosis—commissioned by the ensemble—as soloists with the Emory Youth Symphony Orchestra. She also performed in and helped organize the inaugural season of the Classical Remix Festival, a
summer project which aims to expand classical music audiences of Atlanta through genre-bending chamber performances.

Ms. Darby 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 holds a Bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University where she was a Cornelius Vanderbilt scholar and studied with Bil Jackson.