Garth Neustadter
Quick Facts
Biography
Garth Neustadter (born May 4, 1986 in Green Bay, Wisconsin) is a 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.
Neustadter is a 2005 graduate of Manitowoc Lutheran High School.
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".
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