Montopolis

"By highlighting instruments not typically associated with contemporary classical music, Sherburn and his collective have created a perfect soundtrack for the movie playing out your car window on any drive west of San Angelo." 

 - Texas Monthly 

"Though envisioned as a multimedium experience of Southwestern idyllics, the transcendent compositions of Music for Enchanted Rock stand alone."

- Austin Chronicle 

 

Purchase the new album "Music for Enchanted Rock" on iTUNES 

 

 

 

Big Bend Workshop 3

Big Bend Workshop 3

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We will still be collecting stories at this event. Please bring your tall tales from way out west. We want to hear them and put them in the show.

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  1. 1 Run 05:51
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  2. 2 Gravity 06:25
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  3. 3 That Man Is Walking On Air 03:42
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  4. 4 Glittering 06:46
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  5. 5 Summit 04:10
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  6. 6 Wild Horde 04:32
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  7. 7 The Dead of Night 04:02
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  8. 8 Confidence 04:47
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  9. 9 Llano Sky 03:24
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  10. 10 The Spirits Continued to Stay 05:02
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Music for Enchanted Rock Album Release Nov 12 at North Door

PURCHASE TICKETS TO ALBUM RELEASE PARTY HERE

Montopolis has a uniquely Texan approach to classical ambient music with influences ranging from Bob Wills to Arvo Part.  String trio, pedal steel guitar, and piano are accompanied by Rip Shaub’s landscape photography and the legends of Enchanted Rock.  Composer Justin Sherburn performing with Leigh Mahoney and Sara Nelson (Tosca String Quartet), Alejandro Duque (Austin Symphony), and Bob Hoffnar (Liminal Sound Series).   

“Music for Enchanted Rock” is the latest Montopolis recording to be released by the Wren and Shark record collective. These pieces modulate between expanses of drone and noise sculptures to counterpoint and melody driven songs.  New western themes are slowed to a geologic tempo and wrapped in layers of slowly morphing harmony, paying homage to the mythological and the sacred.     

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This drone footage of Enchanted Rock was provided by Ultralite Films.  This video features an edit of the Montopolis song "The Spirits Continued to Stay" 
Timemachineaustin.com for information about the Time Machine performance.  

PURCHASE TICKETS FOR THE TIME MACHINE PERFORMANCE 

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Montopolis will be performing our live score to the gorgeous documentary film "Yakona" on November 13 at the Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art.  Since premiering at SXSW 2014 and winning an Audience Choice Award in the Visions Category, YAKONA has screened across North America, garnering rave reviews and awards.  We're excited to bring this film back to Texas.  

“Seeks out the incidental beauties of nature with a keenness that would make Terrence Malick proud.” Variety

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Montopolis was recently added to the Texas Commission on the Arts Touring Roster.  We are honored to be in such esteemed company and look forward to performing for audiences throughout the state.  The group is currently working on the next installment of the Monolith album series which will be released in early August by Wren and Shark Records.       
 contact@montopolismusic.com for booking or press inquiries