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Peter B. Ganbarg

Visiting Professor of Music

pganbarg88@wesleyan.edu

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Peter B. Ganbarg

Pete Ganbarg is a 2X Grammy Award winning record producer and A&R executive who has spent the past 35 years as a senior A&R executive in the record industry.  Most recently President of A&R for Atlantic Records, Pete also operates two music publishing companies, currently in partnership with Warner Chappell Music.  Some of the artists that Pete has worked with in his career include Santana (the 9X Grammy winning album “Supernatural”),  Lin-Manuel Miranda (the Diamond certified “Hamilton” cast album),  as well as contemporary stars (Twenty One Pilots, Christina Perri, Melanie Martinez), all time classic artists (Chaka Khan, Donna Summer, America) and hit Broadway cast recordings and film soundtracks (Dear Evan Hansen, Mean Girls, The Greatest Showman).  Pete also produces and hosts the podcast “Rock & Roll High School,” candid conversations with legends of contemporary music.

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Spring 2025
MUSC 270 - 01
A&R: Past, Present & Future