User:Gkn5/"Garth Neustadter"

Garth Neustadter (born May 4th, 1986 in Green Bay, Wisconsin) is a composer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist.

Biography
Garth 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 and went on to study composition at the Yale School of Music. His composition teachers have included Aaron Jay Kernis, Christopher Theofanidis, Samuel Adler, and Claude Baker.

In 2007, Neustadter was selected by veteran film composer, Hans Zimmer, as the First-Prize winner in the Turner Classic Movies Young Film Composer Competition. He subsequently composed feature-length scores for Turner Classic Movies, Warner Bros., and PBS.

In 2011, Neustadter collaborated with Emmy Award-winning director Catherine Tatge on the documentary John Muir in the New World for PBS American Masters.

Awards

 * First-Prize Winner of the Turner Classic Movies Young Film Composers Competition
 * ASCAP Morton Gould Award
 * ASCAP Young Jazz Composers Award