Teaching
Private Lessons, Masterclasses & Workshops
Julian being a versed multi-instrumentalist, percussionist, and drummer brings together his intense artistry and critically crafted technique to his teaching style. Born into a family of educators, Julian adapts his lessons to mold the interests and needs of each student depending on their personality and learning modalities.
Julian as a proficient teacher of drum set, classical percussion (mallets, snare drum, timpani, accessories), hand-drums (Latin and Middle-Eastern), and beginner piano as well as an enthusiast of poetry, abstract painting, photography, videography, and dance, provides his students with varying entry points to excite them about percussion, music and all expressive art forms.
Julian can be found as an educator at the following institutions:
Cape Cod Symphony
Manager & Educator, Falmouth Programming and Innovation
Cultural Center of Cape Cod
Head of Music
Shelter Music Boston
Children and Family Shelter Program Manager
NEC Prep: Epiphany School
Group Hand-Drumming Instructor
The Nueva School
Intersessions Instructor
Club Passim
Outreach Manager, Educator, Performer, and Curator at Club Passim
Afro-Cuban Workshop
Assistant Teacher/Performer, (Cambridge, MA)
MASFAA: Carnival of Learning
Teaching Artist
Boston Landmarks Orchestra
Educator/Outreach
NEC Community Performance & Partnerships Fellow
Educator/Outreach
Watch videos featuring Boston-based teaching artists produced by Julian Loida and the Shelter Music Boston team (January 2021 - March 2023).
Past workshops/clinics:
George Mason University, Southern Oregon University; Middle Tennessee State University; Tennessee Tech, Marshall University; Wellesley College (speaker); Lebanon Valley College; Kirkwood High School; Southern Pines Primary School; The Sjövik Course (Swedish folk music camp); Epiphany Middle School; Victory Programs for toddlers; David A Ellis School K-6th; Housing Families program (2nd-8th grade); Kevin O’Grady School for students with significant developmental disabilities; Cultural Center of Cape Cod’s ‘Rise & Shine’ Program (middle school through high school); Falmouth Elementary Public Schools including Teaticket, Mullen-Hall, East Falmouth, and North Falmouth; Westborough Public Library, Shrewsbury Public Library, Osterville Village Library, Cape Symphony Falmouth Campus, and Boston Public Library.
