In Celebration of the Human Voice - The Essential Musical Instrument

Justine Koontz

Living in: Baltimore, MD.
Justine Koontz is a seventh-generation Marylander whose work in music explores questions of identity. Her work, encompassing composing, entrepreneurship and self-publishing, conducting, teaching, and international scholarship, explores how music defines people and their relationships.

Her compositions have been performed at local, national, and international venues, including performances at the 2019 London Festival of Contemporary Church Music, the 2018 Intercollegiate Men's Chorus's National Seminar, and the 2012 World Choir Games. An avid entrepreneur, she self-publishes her compositions.

As a conductor, Justine is especially interested in new music and has premiered works at Butler University, at the Oregon Bach Festival Composers' Symposium, and with the Azimuth Orchestra. As an advocate for community music-making, she has worked for a variety of churches as a choir director, and has sung with a wide variety of community choirs. She has been the Music Minister at Memorial Episcopal Church in Baltimore since 2018.