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Garrett Schumann (1987-) is an award-winning composer, music scholar, educator, and writer based in Ypsilanti, MI. Garrett’s compositions have been performed around the world by leading soloists and ensembles including the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Akropolis Reed Quintet, vibraphonist Joel Ross, Latitude 49, the percussionists of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Megan Ihnen & Alan Theisen Present, violist Michael Hall, and many more. A community-centered composer, Garrett’s most recent projects include collaborations with the Michigan branch of the diversity and public art nonprofit Embracing Our Differences and the Ann Arbor District Library.

Garrett served as the founding Executive Director of the nonprofit concert presenting organization ÆPEX Contemporary Performance from August 2015 until September 2022. Under Garrett’s leadership, ÆPEX featured the music of nearly 120 composers at more than 30 concerts and community music events at venues in Ypsilanti, Ann Arbor, Detroit, Kalamazoo, and Mt. Pleasant.

Garrett’s scholarship and writing on music has appeared in The New York Times, Grove Music, Music Theory Spectrum, and VAN Magazine, and he regularly presents his original research at conferences and university guest residences. Garrett is a member of the Adjective New Music collective and teaches a variety of music courses at the University of Michigan.