Garth Neustadter

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

Garth Neustadter
Birth name	Garth Neustadter
Born	(1986-05-04) 4 May 1986 (age 39) Green Bay, WI, United States
Genres	Film score, concert Music
Occupation(s)	Film composer, concert music composer, record producer
Instrument(s)	Violin, piano, saxophone, voice
Years active	2007–present
Labels	GKN Studios
Website	www.garthneustadter.com

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 and went on to study composition at the Yale School of Music.^[1]

Neustadter is a 2005 graduate of Manitowoc Lutheran High School.^{[citation needed]}

Career

In 2007, Neustadter was selected by veteran film composer Hans Zimmer as the winner of the Turner Classic Movies Young Film Composers Competition. He subsequently composed feature-length scores for Turner Classic Movies, Warner Bros., and PBS.^[2]

In 2011, Neustadter received a Primetime Emmy Award for his score for the PBS American Masters documentary, "John Muir in the New World".^[3]

In 2015, Garth played at the Capitol Civic Centre in Manitowoc in the Garth Neustadter Trio with his mom and dad.^[4]

Awards

• 2007 - Winner of the Turner Classic Movies Young Film Composers Competition^[5]
• 2010 - ASCAP Morton Gould Award recipient^[6]
• 2011 - Primetime Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series - American Masters: John Muir in the New World^[7]
• 2011 - ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award recipient^[8]