Justina Shandler

I am a charismatic and humorous award winning singer/songwriter who also plays pop covers ranging from Billy Joel to Norah Jones to Maroon 5. Most in my element when interacting and connecting with an audience. I provide professional and quality entertainment for all types of events. I can surely turn it up, but my skillset and smooth voice is best for intimate gatherings -- think tea parties and classy cocktail hours over college ragers and loud night club vibes.

Justina Shandler is an award-winning singer-songwriter and teacher who grew up next to a llama farm in Roanoke, Virginia. Her original music falls under the umbrella of pop, somewhere between Regina Spektor and Sara Bareilles. She also gigs regularly as a singing pianist, playing popular covers and classics. She specializes in events such as funerals, birthday parties, and weddings.

Justina has won many national and international awards, including Carnegie Hall's songwriting competition, UK Songwriting Contest, and third place at the Rocky Mountain Folk Festival. She has performed original songs at Lincoln Center and Rockwood Music Hall in New York (with members of Sara Bareilles’ band), at the Bluebird Cafe in Nashville, TN, and at various comedy clubs in Los Angeles. She has shared transcendent co-writes with Nashville songwriter, Craig Carothers, and studied under hit songwriters Jon Lind (Boogie Wonderland) and Cathy Heller (of #1 iTunes podcast Don’t Keep Your Day Job).

Justina taught songwriting and played rock music with over fifty incarcerated men at Dade and Everglades Correctional Institutions through non-profit organization, Exchange for Change. During the summer, Justina builds confidence with young songwriters at Interlochen Arts Camp, an intensive three-week program.

As an adjunct professor, Justina shares songwriting wisdom at the University of Miami, where she obtained her Master’s Degree in Media Writing and Production. She has toured the country with her original music, which can be streamed or downloaded on all major platforms. She loves leftovers, Larry David, and alliterations. And llamas.

For solo performances, all that is needed is a power outlet.