As a performer and researcher of Renaissance and Baroque vocal music, American mezzo-soprano Julie Knott is committed to music from centuries past, presented through a modern and socially relevant lens. Based in Baltimore, Julie is hailed for her “lavish embellishments” and “soulful underplaying” (voce di meche), and is an avid performer of opera, oratorio, and art songs with a specialization in early music and plainchant. In the 2025-2026 season, Julie made her debut with Lorelei Ensemble under the on Julius Eastman’s Colors at Yale University, performed a recital at the Greene Space in New York City hosted by the Gerda Lissner Foundation and Peabody Conservatory, Bach’s St. Matthew Passion with the Baltimore Basilica Schola and early music ensemble “Three Notch’d Road,” a concert of American Songbook classics with the Hershey Symphony, and excerpts from Bizet’s Carmen and Sousa’s The Free Lance at the Grand Sousa Festival. A native of central Pennsylvania, Julie has collaborated with the Hershey and West Shore Symphony Orchestras, as the soloist in Poulenc’s Gloria and Orff’s Carmina Burana, respectively. Julie is a recent graduate of the Peabody Institute with a Masters of Historical Performance and Voice. She is a student of Ms. Elizabeth Futral.