Anne LeBaron

Alice Anne LeBaron (born May 30, 1953) is an American composer, harpist, academic, and writer. Frequently combining tonal and atonal techniques with an experimental approach, LeBaron's compositions utilize elements of blues, jazz, pop, rock, and folk music. She explores environmental, cultural, philosophical and cultural themes, incorporating theater, mixed media, literature, and humor. As an improvising harpist, she employs a wide array of electronic enhancements and extended techniques for the harp, including preparing the harp and bowing the strings. Among other venues, LeBaron's work has been performed at Carnegie Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and the Kennedy Center, by orchestras including the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the National Symphony Orchestra. She is the recipient of an Alpert Award in the Arts, a Toulmin grant from Opera America, a Guggenheim fellowship, and a Fulbright Full Scholarship. She has been commissioned by the Fromm Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Library of Congress, among other organizations. She also served as Chair of the Board of the American Composers Forum from 2018 to 2020. LeBaron was a professor at California Institute of the Arts, where she held the Roy E. Disney Family Chair from 2013 until 2015. In 2024, she retired from teaching and was appointed professor emerita.