Biography
Galbraith began playing piano at the age of four. She studied music at Ohio University (BM, 1972), West Virginia University (MM, 1978), and Carnegie Mellon University. She now teaches composition and music theory at Carnegie Mellon. She has had six works premiered with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and has a close relationship with the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, who premiered her choral works Missa Mysteriorum and Requiem. She has had works commissioned from several Latin American ensembles. Her music is published in the United States by Subito Music, and internationally by Boosey & Hawkes.
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