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Brannon Warn-Johnston (age 16) is a composer and multi-instrumentalist from Seattle WA who often takes inspiration for her compositions from lived experiences including backpacking/camping trips with her violin, special moments with her family and her journey with cancer. She has participated in the Juilliard Summer Composition Program and NPR’s Learning and Media Lab Fellowship where she was featured on From the Top’s show “Young Pacific Northwest Talent.” Brannon’s works have been performed in Carnegie Hall and by orchestras/ensembles including: Seattle Symphony, Symphony Tacoma, International Contemporary Ensemble, Northwest Symphony Orchestra, and Seattle Festival Orchestra. Her music has received awards from Tribeca New Music Young Composer Competition, Foundation for Modern Music International Composers Competition, National Federation of Music Clubs Composers Contest, and others. Her electroacoustic project “Resonant Coast” was recently selected for the Connecticut Sea Grant Arts Support Award.