Margaret Shelton Meier, Ph.D.

Dr. Meier's compositions, which have been performed in Europe and throughout the United States, are in many genres: orchestral works, art songs, choral pieces, chamber music, opera, and piano and organ solos. Her orchestral compositions "The Dawning" and "Claremont Symphony" have been recorded by the Ruse Philharmonic Orchestra on the Vienna Modern Masters label.

Dr. Meier has taught at several California universities and currently serves as an adjunct professor at Mt. San Antonio College in Walnut, California. She specializes in piano and music theory. She maintains a private music studio where she teaches piano, theory and composition. She is currently the music director for the English Ministry at Bell Memorial United Methodist Church in Rowland Heights, CA.

 Margaret Shelton Meier received her Bachelor of Music (music education and piano) degree from Eastman School of Music, University of Rochester University ; her M.A. (composition) from the California State University, Los Angeles, where she studied with Byong-Kon Kim. In 1983, she became the first woman to receive a Ph.D. in music composition from the University of California at Los Angeles. She studied under Roy Travis, Paul Reale and Alden Ashforth.