Shelby

Shelby Lock is an audio engineer, pianist, and composer hailing from the foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. She is a Member of the Audio Engineering Society and has served as Lead Engineer for Chicago-based classical recording company Atlas Arts Media since 2019. In 2021, she founded River Rock Records, which is Central Virginia’s only recording and mixing studio dedicated to acoustic music. She holds a BS in Audio Engineering Technology and a BM in Music Composition summa cum laude from Belmont University in Nashville, TN. A lifelong nature lover, her original compositions evoke her surroundings through hints of folk styles blended with cinematic melodies. Her command of mixing and acoustics also informs her work as a composer, and she enjoys using her multi-faceted skill set to help other artists bring their recording projects to life. In 2016, Lock made her orchestral debut as a composer with the Nashville Philharmonic Orchestra’s premiere of her piece, “Out of Ashes.” It went on to receive subsequent performances and be Finalist for the 2017 American Prize in Composition (Student Division). She also was invited to become a member of the Nashville Composer Collective that same year. In 2019, she completed a year of graduate study in composition at the Chicago College of Performing Arts.