Justin Merritt
Composer Justin Merritt is an Assistant Professor of Music Composition & Theory at St. Olaf College. He received his Bachelors in Music from Trinity University and a Masters and Doctorate in Music from Indiana University.
In 2000, Justin was the youngest-ever winner of the ASCAP Foundation/Rudolph Nissim Award for Janus Mask for Orchestra. He is also the winner of many other awards including the 2006 Polyphonos Prize, the 2000 Left Coast Chamber Ensemble Composition Competition Award for The Day Florestan Murdered Magister Raro and the 2001 Kuttner String Quartet Competition for Ravening. Other works include music for orchestra, ballet, and opera. He has also worked as composer and musical director in dozens of theater productions, ranging from Shakespeare to DaDa.