Julie Davila

Julie Davila is a member of the chamber percussion ensemble the Caixa Trio, winner of a 2011 Drummies Award by Drum Magazine. In addition to her membership in the Caixa Trio, she currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Percussive Arts Society and served as the chair of the Marching Percussion Committee of the Percussive Arts Society from 1998–2007.

She is currently the battery arranger for the Music City Drum Corps, Nashville, Tennessee and the percussion coordinator and arranger for the Middle Tennessee State University Band of Blue Drumline. Additionally, Julie is an adjunct professor of percussion at MTSU. Prior to her work at MTSU, she was the percussion specialist at several high schools in Nashville, Tennessee. Many of her groups have medaled in all divisions of the WGI activity and in 1996 the John Overton high school Indoor drum line, under her direction won a National Championship. Julie is a member of the WGI nationally recognized adjudication team and serves on the steering committee for WGI Percussion. As a member of the Caixa Trio and as an active clinician specializing in contemporary and marching percussion, she has performed in Seoul, South Korea; Paris, France; Puerto Rico, Mexico, Brazil, and extensively throughout the United States.

Julie received her degree from the University of North Texas. She has published numerous marching and concert percussion features through Row-Loff Productions, Drop6 Media, and Alfred Music. Julie is an endorser and clinician for the Pearl Corporation, Innovative Percussion, the Avedis Zildjian Company, Grover Pro Percussion, and Evans Drum Heads.