09/03/2026
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT
Let's give a warm welcome our premier Cello faculty member here at the Kutztown University Department of Music! He has just started his teaching at Kutztown this very school year, 2026-2027!👏🎉🎊
Meet Dr. Julian Langford, a prolific and exemplary cellist who has performed in major concert halls all throughout the United States. His stellar performances have echoed throughout the auditoriums of Carnegie hall, the Lincoln Center, and even crossing international waters to Korea at the Lotte Concert Hall. In 2008, he was graced with the opportunity to collaborate with renown world-class cellist Yo-Yo Ma, to perform the Schubert Two Cello Quintet in New York City.🎻
An avid chamber player as well, Julian founded the New York Trio group, mentored by Grammy Award-winning composer Robert Aldridge; his group even performed with Broadway singer Frank D'Ambrosio. Additionally, Julian has performed as principle cellist in multiple orchestras such as the New York Classical Players and the Tanglewood Young Artist's Orchestra. He has been the recipient of multiple prizewinner awards in multiple musical competitions such as the Pearl and Julius Young Music Competition. In the Young Classical Virtuosos of Tomorrow Competition, he also received first-place.🥇
He received both his Bachelor's and Master's of Music degrees at the esteemed Julliard School of Music and successfully completed his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from Stony Brook University!
An interesting fact about Julian is that he is comes from a passionate family of musicians; his mother is a concert pianist and his father is a musicologist. Before discovering his passion for music through the cello at the age of 6, Julian had also experimented with many different instruments.
Why Kutztown? Julian enjoys teaching at KU because of the shared passion among his colleagues, and the eagerness of the students who want to learn, making him a perfect fit for the music faculty here.
Welcome aboard Dr. Langford!🎶🎵
