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Did you miss this month's event? You can listen to Justin's music here and here!

KMFA and Sightlines are proud to present the New Music Mixer, a monthly happy hour series for classical music nerds and newbies alike at Friends and Allies Brewing. Join us for our next event with featured composer and musician Justin Sherburn. Kick back, enjoy a $1 off your draft, and geek out over your love of new music!

Parking:
If the main parking lot is full, additional parking is available behind the brewery. Turn in off of Springdale close to Airport at Dimension Gallery and go all the way back past Brothers Produce to the back lot. There is a paved walkway around the right side of the building to the front entrance.

Event Details

• Date: February 13, 2018
• Time: 5:00 p.m.
• Venue: Friends and Allies Brewing

Ticket Information

• Cost: FREE

Presenter Details

• Name: Justin Sherburn

Justin Sherburn is a composer, producer, and musical director based in Austin, Texas. He was nominated for the 2016 Austin Critic’s Table award for “Excellence in Composition” for his piece “Enchanted Rock” and received the award in 2015 for his work with conductor Brent Baldwin and the grammy award winning Convergence Vocal Ensemble on the score for “The Wars of Heaven.” His scores for the films "Above All Else" and "Yakona" premiered at the SXSW film festival and continue to show at festivals across the nation. His music can be heard on PBS programming and appears regularly on Austin radio station KUT. Justin has composed for television, theater, and dance performances and is the resident composer for Austin's Troublepuppet Theater Company. His sextet "Montopolis" performs original modern classical works in multi-media settings.

Justin arranged the "Sanctus" Movement of Mozart's Requiem for Golden Hornet Project's presentation "Mozart Requiem Undead" in Spring 2014. He has had a long and varied career as a touring musician, working with Austin bands Okkervil River and the 8^1/2 Souvenirs, sharing the stage with legends such as Willie Nelson, Roky Erickson, Brian Setzer and Wilco, appearing on the David Letterman, Conan O’Brien, and Jimmy Fallon television shows, and performing at festivals around the globe from Coachella in California to Primavera Sound in Barcelona to the Laneway Festival in Australia. He currently records and performs regularly with Montopolis, the Ascots, Daylo Arba, the Motts, Stone Wheels and Glovertango, a traditional Argentine tango ensemble. Awards include the audience award at 2014 SXSW Film Festival for “Yakona,” "Best Music" at the 2014 Ocean Blue Film Festival for “Yakona,” and the 2008 B Iden Payne award for best musical director and best original score for "The Red Balloon". In 2010, Okkervil River was inducted into the Austin Chronicle’s “Austin Music Hall of Fame.” Justin writes, arranges, and records at his home studio in Montopolis, Texas. He received a BA in English from the University of Texas in 2003.

As a musician, Justin Sherburn has had a decades long career as a pianist and guitarist performing jazz, rock, folk and tango and embracing the traditional role that each of these genres demand. As a composer, he draws on these traditions within a modern classical framework. His original compositions combine traditional orchestral instrumentation with analog synthesis, digital programming, and field recordings to create new forms and new genres.

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