Garland Anderson (April 10, 1933 Union City, Ohio[1] – 2001) was an American composer and pianist. He studied with Hans Gal and Roy Harris.[2] In 1976 he was awarded a grant by the National Endowment for the Arts's Composer Assistance Program.[3] This grant enabled Anderson to work on his opera Soyazhe which was given its world premiere at the Central City Opera in Denver in 1979.[4] He lived most of his life in Indiana and is chiefly remembered for his jazz and ragtime compositions, in particular his work Streetsyncs: Eleven Ragtime Pieces for Piano. He composed his Piano Concerto No. 2 for concert pianist John Kozar who has performed the work on a number of occasions.[5]
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