Edgar Girtain (b. 1988) is originally from the United States. His formal training began at Ithaca college, and continued later at Rutgers University, 
where he earned a bachelor’s degree in Music Education and a master’s degree in Composition and Music Theory. Between 2012 and 2016 he worked as a freelance musician around New York, teaching in public schools and holding an organist’s post at an Episcopal Church in Allendale, New Jersey. In 2017 he relocated to Puerto Montt, Chile to teach at the private K-12 “American School.” Since 2019 he has been pursuing a PhD with David Felder at SUNY Buffalo while simultaneously directing the Casa de las Artes at the Universidad Austral de Chile’s Puerto Montt Campus. Learn more at www.edgarfgirtainiv.com

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