Brent conducts Cantata 133: Ich Freue Mich in Dir by J.S. Bach with the First UU orchestra, chorus & soloists

Baldwin’s In Cold Storm Light will also be premiered

Brent performs on pedal steel at Budapest with BOOHER at Meridian

with Parker Woodland and Casii Stephan

Brent plays guitar with Houston’s the Motts

(private party)

Mohawk Austin presents a triple single release by BOOHER (w/Brent on pedal steel guitar), Parker Woodland (produced by Brent) and rrunnerrss

Tickets and info here

Austin icon — and former Baldwin bandmate — Leslie Sisson has been battling cancer, and KUTX and Hotel Vegas are throwing on a benefit concert to help with her considerable medical bills.

Brent performs pedal steel with Booher alongside Leslie’s own Moving Panoramas and Matthew Logan Vasquez.

Early show!

Soundcult (feat. Brent on lap steel) and Skloss perform for the official Trail of Dead show afterparty

Brent performs lap steel & electronics with Thor & Friends at Kinda Tropical

Early show / Guiding Light opens

Tickets and more info at Do512

Brent backs up Houston’s Xanadudes for an all-Jeff Buckley program at the legendary Continental Club

A portion of the proceeds to support the Dr. Marnie Rose Foundation, supporting brain cancer research and pediatric health initiatives since 2003

Recommended by the Houston Chronicle

BOOHER performs at F1

Info and tickets here

Unwound Sound presents the Eno-inspired outfit soundcult. Featuring a who’s who of Austin art-music veterans — Lyman Hardy (synths), Leila Henley (sax/flute), Thor Harris (percussion) and Brent Baldwin (lap steel and Theremin) — soundcult weaves a rich sonic tapestry which is both accessible and challenging.

Composer/cellist Joey Reyes opens the show with his inspired sounds that the Austin American Statesman calls “simultaneously soothing and supernatural, and absolutely worth witnessing.”

Art projections by Benjamin Crowley. A freewill offering goes to benefit The SIMS Foundation, which provides mental health and substance use recovery services and supports for musicians, music industry professionals, and their dependent family members.

Brent joins Austin’s BOOHER on pedal steel for a single release party

With Murdocks and the Dialtones

More info and ticket link at Do512

Brent performs on lap steel with soundcult alongside Bill Band and Precious Gems

Brent joins Austin’s own BOOHER on guitar for a citywide celebration of the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians and the music of Bob Dylan and Bob Marley

Brent joins Texas legend Jon Dee Graham on pedal steel

Brent joins Austin’s own BOOHER on pedal steel as they perform as part of Como Las Movies’ residency

More info at Do512

Brent’s composition “The Phoenix Again” receives its premiere, featuring Sara Bravo (cello), Valeria Diaz (piano), and the composer on lap steel

Brent backs Austin’s BOOHER in a show celebrating the first music release from their upcoming album. Show to also feature new music by Dossey, Intercom Heights, and Paul Stinson.

UPDATE 8/21/24: check it out, we’re KUTX’s Song of the Day!

Brent performs select ensemble works with TOAPP musicians

Private event

Brent performs select ensemble works with TOAPP musicians

Private event

Brent performs select ensemble works with TOAPP musicians

Private event

In his first Maine show in over a decade, Brent performs alongside fellow graduates of his alma mater, Lincoln Academy

Proceeds benefit LA’s Visual & Performing Arts program

Brent joins Austin’s BOOHER on pedal steel in a rare Bastrop appearance

Brent performs on pedal steel with Austin’s BOOHER alongside Gentlemen Rogues

Brent performs on pedal steel as the Long Center presents Thor & Friends

Austin’s own BOOHER (feat. Brent on pedal steel) performs alongside Houston’s Young Mammals

Brent returns as assistant conductor for 2024’s VBF Festival

Unwound Sound presents a multimedia evening by cutting-edge composers Anuj Bhutani (Los Angeles) and Albert Yeh (San Francisco). The program features Bhutani’s performance of his electronic song cycle manu whilst Yeh evokes cinematic sonics from his innovative Motors/Pulses album. The composers will also join forces on a collaborative work with Unwound Sound artistic director & curator, Brent Baldwin.

A freewill offering will be gratefully accepted, the proceeds of which will support the Texas Unitarian Universalist Justice Ministry. TUUJM works to bend Texas toward justice and equity for all.

Click here for Facebook event link

About Our Guest Artists:

ANUJ BHUTANI is an emerging composer/performer who crafts genre-fluid music with narrative depth. Since 2020, he has won an ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composer Award, Chamber Music America’s Classical Commissioning Grant, 1st Prize in Cerddorion Vocal Ensemble’s Emerging Composer Competition, and Verdigris Ensemble’s ION Composer Competition. Bhutani has been selected for the American Composer’s Orchestra’s Earshot, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, and residencies at Avaloch Farm Music Institute and Atlantic Center for the Arts (twice). His music has been commissioned and performed by Ashley Bathgate, Metropolis Ensemble, and more.
Anuj earned his master’s degree from University of Southern California and his bachelor’s from University of North Texas. His primary teachers have included Andrew Norman, Ted Hearne, Camae Ayewa (aka Moor Mother), Joseph Klein, Andrew May, Sungji Hong, Drew Schnurr, and Bruce Broughton.

ALBERT YEH is a performer and composer from San Francisco who makes experimental electronic music. His sonic palette combines diverse influences ranging from the Western musical canon, electronic/electroacoustic genres, and progressive rock. Albert’s solo work is currently focused on examining the intersection between musical procedures and processes, as well as the meeting points between emotional states and qualities. Albert is involved in various musical projects, including the experimental metal bands Lotus Thief, Forlesen, and Wreche, and the chamber music group Insight Chamber Players.

About the Presenter:
UNWOUND SOUND is a forward-reaching arts presenting organization and performing ensemble created by award-winning composer/director/multi-instrumentalist Brent Baldwin. U/S draws upon Baldwin’s extensive collaborative work across all artistic disciplines and genres, promoting a diverse roster of audacious artists while supporting progressive non-profit organizations in Central Texas. In February 2024, U/S performed its sold-out Indie Orchestra series in partnership with KUTX, Austin PBS, and the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians.

Many thanks to First Unitarian Universalist Church, where Unwound Sound serves as artist-in-residence.

Nova Arts presents Thor Harris & Friends (feat. Brent on lap steel & electronics) at Keene NH’s The Thing in the Spring

Other featured artists include:

Earth

J. Pavone String Ensemble

the Huntress and Holder of Hands

Sunburned Hand of the Man

the Leafies You Gave Me

Esther Blue

Hour

Vein Melter

Tickets & info at Nova Arts

Brent performs lap steel & electronics with Thor Harris & Friends at Lost Bag