{"id":1050,"date":"2017-08-31T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2017-08-31T16:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.syracusewomanmag.com\/?p=1050"},"modified":"2017-08-31T10:28:37","modified_gmt":"2017-08-31T14:28:37","slug":"julia-ebner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.syracusewomanmag.com\/?p=1050","title":{"rendered":"Julia Ebner"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Flexible Balancing Act<\/em><\/h1>\n

By Dara McBride | Photography by Mary Grace Johnson<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

At 5 a.m., professional opera singer Julia Ebner wakes up. It\u2019s not quite that early every day, but at least on some Tuesdays and Thursdays, the Baldwinsville native\u2019s first job requires an early start.<\/p>\n

At 6 a.m., Julia teaches a ballet barre fitness class at Bodhi Barre in Dewitt. After an hour-or-so break for breakfast, she\u2019s back to teach another class.<\/p>\n

At 10 a.m., she has a few free hours for lesson planning. Then, her afternoon is spent teaching youth dance classes at Tiffany\u2019s School of Dance in Skaneateles or giving voice lessons from a Baldwinsville studio. Depending on the day, she may also teach Pilates or act as a standardized patient for medical students at SUNY Upstate Medical University.<\/p>\n

Her day usually wraps up around 8 or 9 p.m.<\/p>\n

\u201cWithin a year, about 50 percent of my livelihood comes from music and about 50 percent comes from something within the fitness world, including dance,\u201d Julia said.<\/p>\n

As American opera companies typically employ per performance, performers often find themselves between gigs. During the 2015-16 opera season, Julia appeared locally, sang with Florida\u2019s St. Petersburg Opera and made her debut as a chorister with the Metropolitan Opera.<\/p>\n

The odd gaps in her performing schedule, along with perhaps 30 to 40 auditions a year, mean Julia needs second jobs that are as flexible as she is.<\/p>\n

\u201cI can live here and have jobs that are more fulfilling and interesting to me,\u201d Julia said, \u201cand experience not a slower life, but what is \u2014 for me \u2014 a fuller life.\u201d<\/p>\n

With a grandfather who was a singer and an aunt in the opera world, her family made it \u201ceasy to fall into the arts,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Julia saw her first opera at the age of 8, a performance of \u201cLa Boh\u00e8me,\u201d in which her aunt performed. She started with piano and clarinet lessons at age 13, before moving to singing once her voice matured.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was most interested in musical theater, but then my voice teacher gave me an aria from an American opera, and the harmonies were much more interesting,\u201d Julia said. \u201cIt was vocally and melodically more challenging, and it just sparked my interest in opera.\u201d<\/p>\n

Julia studied vocal performance at Syracuse University in the early 2000s, then pursued a master\u2019s degree in opera at Binghamton University and participated in the Santa Fe Opera Apprentice Program.<\/p>\n

Julia often works on multiple music projects. In April, she appeared in a Syracuse Symphoria concert as the soprano soloist for Mahler’s \u201cR\u00fcckert Lieder\u201d and Bach\u2019s \u201cMagnificat.\u201d Her summer projects included directing \u201cAnnie Jr.\u201d with The Tiffany School of Dance and Performing Arts Center, as well as singing the role of Maud Gage in scenes from a new opera, \u201cPushed Aside: Reclaiming Gage,\u201d at the Society of New Music. In October, she plans to appear as Frasquita in \u201cCarmen\u201d with Syracuse Opera.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is this idea that opera is stuck-up, or only for wealthy people, or that it\u2019s not accessible, and it\u2019s very accessible and has something for everybody,\u201d Julia said. \u201cIt\u2019s just about getting exposed to it and finding the style that appeals to you.\u201d<\/p>\n

While accessible, opera is still the most challenging arena for Julia. All her jobs require some element of performance, but opera requires her to keep track of her character, the music and the overall story.<\/p>\n

When she\u2019s teaching a fitness or dance class, Julia has more opportunity to be herself and let loose.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s taught dance on and off since 2000, but it wasn\u2019t until 2013 that she became more interested in fitness. While performing in the opera version of \u201cA Streetcar Named Desire\u201d with the Virginia Opera, Julia popped into a Pilates class at the local YMCA. She was hooked.<\/p>\n

\u201cI could get through the class and didn\u2019t feel like a total failure,\u201d she said. \u201cI didn\u2019t feel weak or out of place, but I also noticed that I felt taller and I felt centered. I didn\u2019t feel like I had broken my body. So then I kept going, and I never stopped.\u201d<\/p>\n

About a year later, Julia became certified to teach Pilates, and in 2015, joined the Bodhi Barre staff. She wasn\u2019t familiar with barre \u2014 a workout that builds on dance, Pilates and yoga \u2014 but it sounded like something she could do.<\/p>\n

When she sent in her resume, studio owner Colette Calderala was impressed.<\/p>\n

\u201cI just had no doubt she would be really good at this,\u201d Colette remembered.<\/p>\n

Colette described Julia as someone who \u201crolls with things.\u201d Despite being constantly on-the-go, Julia always makes time for her students, Colette said.<\/p>\n

While she leads a busy life, Julia wouldn\u2019t want to give up her multi-career style.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo work a 9-to-5 would probably blow my mind,\u201d she said with a smile. SWM <\/em><\/p>\n

For more on Julia, visit juliaebner.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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