Garth Neustadter (born May 4, 1986, in

Green Bay, Wisconsin Green Bay is a city in Brown County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. It is located at the head of Green Bay (Lake Michigan), Green Bay (known locally as "the bay of Green Bay"), a sub-basin of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the F ...

) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist.

Early life and education

Neustadter began studying the violin and piano at the age of four, later undertaking saxophone and voice studies. He completed undergraduate degrees in violin and voice performance at

Lawrence University Lawrence University is a Private college, private liberal arts college and Music school, conservatory of music in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1847, its first classes were held on November 12, 1849. Lawrence was the second colle ...

and went on to study composition at the Yale School of Music.

Career

In 2007, Neustadter was selected by veteran film composer

Hans Zimmer Hans Florian Zimmer (; born 12 September 1957) is a German film score composer and music producer. He has won two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, five Grammy Awards, and has been nominated for three Primetime Emmy Awards, Emmy Awards and a Tony ...

as the winner of the Turner Classic Movies Young Film Composers Competition. He subsequently composed feature-length scores for

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, and PBS. In 2011, Neustadter received a

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for his score for the PBS ''American Masters'' documentary, "John Muir in the New World". In 2015, Garth played at the Capitol Civic Centre in Manitowoc in the Garth Neustadter Trio with his mom and dad.

Awards

* 2007 - Winner of the Turner Classic Movies Young Film Composers Competition * 2010 - ASCAP Morton Gould Award recipient * 2011 -

winner for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series - '' American Masters: John Muir in the New World'' * 2011 - ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award recipientASCAP
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References

External links

Official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Neustadter, Garth 1986 births Living people Musicians from Green Bay, Wisconsin American male composers 21st-century American composers 21st-century American singers 21st-century American male singers