Walter Muelling is an active composer, conductor, educator, scholar, and performer. He is the founder of Muelling Educational Editions, an independent digital music publisher dedicated to providing high-quality, accessible music editions designed specifically for educators and students. As a scholar, he embraces criticality and believes in using research as activism for radical sociocultural transformation. His research investigates humanizing pedagogical practice and anti-oppressive curricular design, and his diverse musical background includes classical training but specializes in multi-genre, non-traditional, and improvisatory styles.