{"id":4027,"date":"2010-12-27T13:45:34","date_gmt":"2010-12-27T19:45:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/"},"modified":"2018-09-13T09:46:56","modified_gmt":"2018-09-13T15:46:56","slug":"director-of-music","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/worship\/music\/director-of-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Director of Music"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-21673 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BrentBaldwinheadshot-260x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BrentBaldwinheadshot-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BrentBaldwinheadshot-1x1.jpg 1w, https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/BrentBaldwinheadshot.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Brent Baldwin<\/strong> is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and conductor, and we are fortunate to have him as the First UU Director of Music and <a href=\"http:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/worship\/music\/adult-choir\/\"><strong>First UU Adult Choir<\/strong><\/a> conductor since 1999. He holds a Master\u2019s degree in choral conducting from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.utexas.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Texas at Austin<\/a>, where he was assistant conductor for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.music.utexas.edu\/ensembles\/details.aspx?id=18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Early Music Ensemble<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.music.utexas.edu\/ensembles\/details.aspx?id=38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Music Ensemble<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.music.utexas.edu\/ensembles\/details.aspx?id=23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Longhorn Singers<\/a>, Concert Chorale, and the Chamber Singers. Brent serves as the Artistic Director of the <a href=\"http:\/\/panoramicvoices.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Panoramic Voices<\/a> and has performed with the Grammy-nominated <a href=\"http:\/\/conspirare.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Conspirare Chamber Choir<\/a> and as pianist for the <a href=\"http:\/\/newmusic.coop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Austin New Music Co-op<\/a>. An accomplished guitarist, Brent took first place in the New England division of the Downeast Classical Guitar Competition and was a finalist in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtna.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Music Teachers\u2019 National Association<\/a> national guitar competition. As a conductor, he has directed more than a dozen world premieres. Brent has toured Europe as keyboardist for roots-reggae luminaries Laurel Aitken and Doreen Shaffer and plays guitar with local indie rockers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/blackbeforered\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Before Red<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.myspace.com\/thenormans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Normans<\/a>. In 2011, he toured Uruguay and Argentina as guest conductor for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.belcanto.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bel Canto Chorus<\/a> of Milwaukee. Email: <a href=\"mailto:brent.baldwin@austinuu.org\">brent.baldwin@austinuu.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Brent Baldwin is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and conductor, and we are fortunate to have him as the First UU Director of Music and First UU Adult Choir conductor since 1999. He holds a Master\u2019s degree in choral conducting from the University of Texas at Austin, where he was assistant conductor for the Early Music&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":0,"parent":4003,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4027","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4027"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21674,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4027\/revisions\/21674"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/austinuu.org\/wp2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}