Garth Baxter
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Composer Garth Baxter is noted for his modern traditionalist style of writing. This is a style that combines the traditions of form and clear melodic writing with the use of contemporary approaches to harmonies and other elements.
Baxter was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1946 and moved to California when he was nine years old. He earned music degrees from Pepperdine University and California State University at Northridge. He studied composition with Robert Hall Lewis, Joseph Wagner and William Thornton. He also studied classical guitar with Ronald C. Purcell and David Underwood. His compositions for chorus, flute, voice, guitar and piano, as well as other instrumental combinations, have been performed throughout North America and Europe.
His compositions are published by Columbia Music Company, ALRY Publications, Les Productions D'OZ, Voices of Training and Mel Bay Publications. He has received numerous awards, commissions and honors for his music. His song cycle, From the Heart: Three American Women (Columbia Music Company), was recently the topic of a doctoral dissertation. He is on the music faculty of McDaniel College in Westminster, Maryland.
