Sumerhill Dreams

'Summerhill Dreams' is a collection of fifteen original songs chronicling twenty-seven years of journaled thoughts and mind wanderings. Recording of this album project began in August of 1999 as a labor of love for family and friends. The songs took on a new dimension in the studio when Kurt Tietz, arranger, producer and sound engineer worked to enhance the existing piano, vocal and guitar scores with instrumentation. Julie is active in music ministry and performs throughout Southeast Missouri where she resides. She is also a full-time teacher of academically gifted students, wife, and mother of three. - Julie Walker's voice has the same vibrancy and purity Joni Mitchell's had when she was younger, a soprano that eschews diva-ish meandering among the notes to clear a channel toward the heart. (Southeast Missourian review by Sam Blackwell; August 9,2002)