Yuly Kopkin

Yuly is a native of Ekaterinburg, Russia calling Seattle home. Conservatory-educated in his birth land, he also holds a degree of Master of Music in Choral Conducting from the University of Washington on a Fulbright scholarship. Vita in Canto, an internationally acclaimed university choir he founded in 2003 in his birth city, has been a prize-winner at a number of national and international choral festivals and also enjoyed the most enthusiastic reception during their two concert tours of the USA. 

In 2019, Yuly founded Meridian Ensemble, a Seattle-based auditioned chamber choir dedicated to promoting the high standards of artistic excellence in the choral arts through the performance of primarily secular choral repertoire spanning from late 19th century to modern day. His other conducting credits include Magnolia Chorale, Boeing Employees Choir, and St. Clement's Episcopal Church choir.

A prolific collaborative pianist, Yuly has been involved in numerous productions of musicals and operas - The Pirates of Penzance, Titanic the Musical, Into the Woods, Don Giovanni, Hansel and Gretel, I Pagliacci, to name a few. He is a staff collaborative pianist at Shoreline Community College and Redmond Chorale. His other piano accompanying collaborations include The University of Washington Chorale, Seattle Choral Company, Seattle Pro Musica,
Choral Arts Northwest, Bainbridge Chorale, Spotlight Repertory Northwest. In 2018, Yuly served as the interim pianist at the University Unitarian Church. 
In his free time, Yuly enjoys exploring the incredible beauty of Seattle and the Pacific Northwest. Among his favorite fun activities are travels, hiking, ferry boats rides, sing-alongs around the piano, badminton, and summertime swimming. His latest passion is learning harp. 

Welcome, Yuly, to this joy-filled, life-filled All-Are-Welcome place. One of your many great gifts is your ability to gather an entire group of strangers around the piano to sing together. I know you will do that at Christ Our Hope.            
-Dr. James Savage