Brannon Warn-Johnston, composer

Meet Brannon

Brannon performs on Show 461.

Brannon Warn-Johnston (composer), 16, from Burien, Washington, is an enthusiastic composer and multi-instrumentalist. She loves backpacking with her violin, often taking inspiration for her compositions from nature and the outdoors. Her compositions have been performed by the Seattle Symphony, Symphony Tacoma, Northwest Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Festival Orchestra, Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestras (SYSO), and Seattle Conservatory of Music. Brannon’s music has won awards from Foundation for Modern Music International Composers Competition, Simon-Fiset Composition Competition (three times), National Federation of Music Clubs Composers Contest (twice), 2023 SYSO Inspiration Award, and many others. Brannon is currently writing a piece as part of her fourth year in the Merriman-Ross Young Composers Workshop with the Seattle Symphony. She was recently selected as a 2024-25 Luna Composition Lab Fellow and is looking forward to the International Contemporary Ensemble’s premiere of her composition in New York City this spring. More information about Brannon can be found on her website: brannonwarnjohnston.com.