Susan LaBarr
Susan LaBarr (b. 1981) is a composer and choral editor living and working in
Springfield, Missouri. Her compositions are published by Walton Music, Morningstar
Music, and Santa Barbara Music Publishing. Susan has completed commissions for
choirs worldwide, most notably Seraphic Fire, the National ACDA Women’s Choir
Consortium, and the Texas Choral Director’s Association’s Director’s Chorus. She
served as the Missouri Composer Laureate for 2012 and 2013. Her arrangement of
Quem pastores laudavere appeared on New York Polyphony’s 2014 Grammy-
nominated album, Sing Thee Nowell. Her work for mezzo soprano and piano, Little
Black Book, was premiered at Carnegie Hall in October 2019.
Central to Susan’s musical vocabulary is the knowledge she gained from studying with Alice Parker at her home in Hawley, Massachusetts, where she attended the Composer’s Workshop and Melody Studies Workshop. Susan attended Missouri State University in Springfield, where she received a Bachelor of Arts in music and a Master of Music in music theory. Susan, her husband Cameron, and their son Elliott reside in Springfield, Missouri, where Cameron is the Director of Choral Studies at Missouri State University and Susan works as Editor of Walton Music.
Susan LaBarr has 22 titles published with Santa Barbara.
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