Arthur Maybee Chanter (1866-1950) was an Australian composer, conductor, music teacher,[1][2] choir master and musician.

An accomplished pianist[3] and watercolorist,[4] Chanter was among the earliest music graduates of the University of Melbourne,[5][6] where he was instructed by George Marshall-Hall.

[6] In 1910 Chanter was the adjudicator of a musical Eistedfodd and band competition of an association of native-born Australians in Western Australia.

[10][11] He advocated recording as a means to reach the working clubs and masses[12] and was damning of the teaching methods in public schools.

[13] He retired to Euroa and died 28 November 1950,[14] and is buried in Cheltenhan pioneer cemetery.