Julie Lyonn Lieberman is the first composer to generate string orchestra scores for the school market that utilize backup tracks. Students in band and chorus have the opportunity to learn to make music every day using a rhythm section. Why not string orchestra? JULIE LYONN LIEBERMAN HAS helped develop the alternative string field over the last thirty-five years as a performer, clinician, author, composer, radio and concert producer, and recording artist. She is the Artistic Director for the summer program, Strings Without Boundaries. Ms. Lieberman is also an NS Design Performance Artist and a D’Addario Premiere Clinician. She co-authored ASTA’s national curriculum book, and is the author of seven music books and six educational DVDs, as well as twenty string orchestra scores in American and world styles (Kendor and Alfred Music). SHE IS the recipient of the 2014 ASTA Kudos Award. The recipient of over two-dozen ASCAP Plus Awards, and three American String Teachers Association’s National Citation for Leadership & Merit awards, she has written and produced two National Public Radio Series: The Talking Violin, hosted by Dr. Billy Taylor, and Jazz Profiles: Jazz Violin hosted by Nancy Wilson. SHE HAS taught creative musicianship and world string styles in school residencies and teacher trainings across the United States and beyond as well as through organizations and institutions like American String Teachers Association, European String Teachers Association, National Orchestra Festival, National Association for Music Education, International Association of Jazz Educators, The Midwest Clinic, The Starling-Delay Symposium, Suzuki Institute, National String Workshop, International String Workshop, Django in June, The Juilliard MAP Program, National Young Audiences, the Carnegie Hall LinkUp Program, and The Academy (produced by Carnegie/Weill Hall/Juilliard).