JULES Music
The Invitation
God has called me to serve Him both as a dancer and a musician. My journey began as a pre-professional ballerina, but after getting injured I was introduced to singing and songwriting through one of my mentors, Marlon Washington. While leading worship at Chicago Hope Church, we formed a band called Made To Be. I was privileged to work on the first two albums of Made To Be that led me to write songs of my own. During the release of my second album, I started getting invited to lead worship at various churches throughout the country from Michigan to Florida to Phoenix. This led me to joining Life Spring Network as a Christian artist in residence. My experience includes training worship teams and smaller congregations to lead with freedom in the power of the Holy Spirit. I would love to partner with you and your congregation. As a dancer and choreographer, I also love to encourage congregations to express themselves through this art form. If you’re interested in me leading worship at your church over the weekend or to lead a worship revival with your worship team, please contact me.
Julia Pankau
Julia was born in Connecticut and moved to Chicagoland at age 5. She was a competitive dancer at Center Stage Dance Studio from age 7-11. From age 11-15, she trained at Faubourg School of Ballet. She started competing solo in ballet and contemporary and was awarded top 12 at the Youth American Grand Prix. While training, she struggled with many injuries, but in Winter 2019, a serious toe injury pushed her into exploring other creative outlets, namely piano. Julia had taken piano lessons from 1st grade to 5th grade then quit. In the time away from dance, she taught herself how to play the piano by watching YouTube videos. She started taking it more seriously when Marlon helped her go to the next level and joined the band, Made To Be. After her injury, she also started writing her own music and writing spoken word poetry. Julia has been around church her whole life, being a pastor’s kid, but she started taking her faith seriously in her 8th-grade year. Through exploring her artistry, finding talents she never knew she had, and growing deeper in faith, she is finding the woman who she was made to be. Julia now dances, teaches, choreographs, sings, and helps churches come alive in worship. Here’s a Spoken Word Video of part of her journey.