Juli Sansoucy

Juli E. Sansoucy is in her tenth season as Music Director and Conductor of the Seven Hills Symphony in Worcester, Massachusetts.  She holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, as well as advanced coursework in music history, theory, and educational leadership.  She was the Doctoral Conducting Assistant for the University Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band from 2007-2009.  Her public-school teaching background is primarily as a band director in New Hampshire, Vermont, and New Jersey but mostly Western Massachusetts   During her tenure at Anna Maria College, Paxton, MA, she served as Director of Instrumental Music, Director of Bands and taught coursework in music education.

As a horn player, Sansoucy was a sixteen-year member of the Massachusetts Wind Orchestra under Malcolm Rowell, a twenty-two-year member of the Pioneer Valley Symphony, as well as numerous other organizations in the Pioneer Valley and Southern Vermont.  She also spent four seasons as the Conductor/Music Director of the Valley Light Opera of Amherst, MA.   She was the Conductor and Music Director for the Wilbraham based Old Post Road Orchestra from 2009-2019 and has returned as a guest conductor for several concerts since that time.  She has recently moved back to the Pioneer Valley and is currently playing horn in local organizations as
time permits. She is thrilled to be a part of the Bombyx Brass Collective this season.