Susan LaBarr is a composer and choral editor living and working in Springfield, Missouri. Her compositions are published by Walton Music, Morningstar Music, and Santa Barbara Music Publishing. LaBarr has completed commissions for choirs worldwide, most notably Seraphic Fire, the National ACDA Women’s Choir Consortium, and the TCDA Director’s Chorus. She served as the Missouri composer laureate for 2012 and 2013. Central to her musical vocabulary is the knowledge she gained from studying with Alice Parker at her home in Hawley, Massachusetts. LaBarr attended Missouri State University in Springfield, where she received a BM and an MM in music theory. She works as editor of Walton Music.