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Born in Narromine, New South Wales, Justin entered the Sydney Conservatorium of Music at age 12. Here he received instruction in composition, piano, jazz piano, and classical guitar.</p><p>Justin continued his studies at the Univers<img hspace="0" src="images/img_da25a9faf8907dfd1396244c8a77f4e6" align="left" border="0" />ity of Western Sydney, with a double major in Performance and Music Technology. </p><p>Justin's lyrical music has been heard in the U.S. and Australia in concert as well as on public radio and television stations. He has composed in a variety of genres and styles, frequently incorporating elements from both baroque stlye and twentieth-century popular forms such as jazz. A neo-classical period (2000-2003) culminated in 2003 with the CD <em>Cello Sonata in A major and selected piano works</em>, with a grant from the Australia Council for the Arts. Since then, his focus for several years shifted to vocal works, with the operas, <em>Alice in Wonderland</em> and <em>The Salon</em>, both of which were premiered at CSU, Chico, under the direction of Dr. Ying Yeh.</p><p>Since 2005, Justin has been vocal coach and pianist for the Opera Workshop at California State University, Chico. In this position, he has conducted productions of The Magic Flute, Carmen, The Mikado, The Merry Widow, The Marriage of Figaro, and Die Fledermaus. Justin's most recent work, a on-act opera, <em>The Tempest</em>, will be premiered by the Chico State Opera Workshop on April 25 and 26 at 7:30pm in the Rowland-Taylor Recital Hall at CSU Chico<p/><p/><p/> <p/></p></p><p>Among Justin's recent compositions are <em>Seven Fugues</em> for piano (2011), <em>Concerto for harpsichord and strings</em> (2010)<em>, Quintet without words</em> (2011), for piano and winds, <em>String Symphony</em> (2011) and <em>Prelude in the French style</em> (2011)<em>.</em></p>Works published and distributed by the Australian Music Centre include Justin's two operas, <em>Cello sonata in A major</em>, <em>Five Waltzes</em> (piano solo), <em>Lewis Carroll Suite</em> (piano solo) and <em>Variations and fugue on a theme of J.S. Bach</em>.Other works may be purchased from the composer.</p></p><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/p/957919F116F2AA8D?version=3&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/p/957919F116F2AA8D?version=3&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="480" height="385" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed></object> </p> <tr><td width="780" class="bgmenu"><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="32" align="left"><img src="images/spacer.gif" width="1" height="5"> <a class="menu" href="index.html">Home</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;|&nbsp;<a class="bmenu" href="about_justin.html">About Justin</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a class="bmenu" href="upcoming_performances.html">Piano Lessons</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a class="bmenu" href="contact.html">Contact</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a class="bmenu" href="music_to_hear.html">Music to hear</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a class="bmenu" href="more_stuff.html">More stuff</a></p><br></td></tr> <tr> <td class="bgbottom" height="26"><div class="copyright">Copyright 2008</div></td> </tr> </table> </div> <script language="JavaScript"> position(); </script> </body> </html>