Dr. Carl Witt received his DMA in composition and applied piano in 1988 from the Eastman School of Music, where he received the top composition prize. He studied piano with David Burge, and composition with Warren Benson, Joseph Schwantner and Samuel Adler. He received his Master of Music degree from Southern Methodist University in 1985, where he studied with pianist Alfred Mouledous and composer Sydney Hodkinson. He received his Bachelor of Music degree from Western Michigan University in 1981, studying piano with C. Curtis-Smith and Phyllis Rappeport, and composition with Ramon Zupko. He has worked with Sophia Rosoff in New York, studying the pedagogical and performing methods of Abby Whiteside.