Howard Bashaw

Howard Bashaw (born 1957, White Rock, Canada) is a composer of acoustic music; and a Professor of Music at the University of Alberta.Bashaw graduated as a Master of Music in 1984 and a Doctor of Musical Arts in 1989 from the University of British Columbia. He also attended the Banff Centre for the Arts where he won the Banff Centre Concerto Competition in 1992. He teaches composition, orchestration, music theory and analysis at the University of Alberta, previously having taught at the University of British Columbia, and at the Université Canadienne en France, Nice. Bashaw composes music for orchestras, ensembles, and piano soloist performances. He has released some of his own work on CD. The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Canada Council for the Arts, and CBC Radio Music Department have commissioned his work.Bashaw is an Associate Composer of the Canadian Music Centre and a member of the Canadian League of Composers.