JL Marlor (she/they) is a composer, electric guitarist,and performer living in Brooklyn, NY. JL is known for her narrative-driven multi-genre works drawing from the worlds of riot grrrl punk and DIY punk, Slavic choral music, plainchant, and American protest music. Last year, JL was named a Toulmin Creator in collaboration with National Sawdust and is currently a Composers and the Voice fellow with American Opera Projects. She is a frequent performer in her own works, as an electric guitarist and an indie rock vocalist. Beyond her work as a composer, JL fronts her indie rock band Tenderheart Bitches, which was hailed as “arriving on the indie rock scene with something serious to say” by The Wild Honeypie and was listed in Them’s 2021 list of best new songs written by queer artists. In addition to her work as a composer and songwriter, JL is a passionate educator teaching composition with the New York Philharmonic’s Very Young Composers and is a founding member of American Composer’s Orchestra’s genre-defying educational initiative Sonic Spark Lab. https://www.jlcomposes.com