Garth Neustadter (born May 4, 1986, in Green Bay, Wisconsin) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist.
Biography
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.
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.
In 2011, Neustadter received a Primetime Emmy Award 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 - Primetime Emmy Award winner for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series 2011 - ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award recipient