David Sartor Composer David P. Sartor has been honored with prestigious awards which include the American Bandmasters Association's Ostwald Prize for Symphonic Wind Ensemble Music, the National Fine Arts Award, a New Music for Young Ensembles composition prize, and fifteen consecutive ASCAP awards. The recipient of multiple commissions from a variety of ensembles, his works have been performed by noted artists such as the Minneapolis Vocal Consort, bassist John Deak, soprano Cheryl Studer, organist Peter Fyfe, and the "President's Own" United States Marine Corps Concert Band in Washington, D.C. In 2000, he received a commission from Kirk Trevor and the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra to compose a work in celebration of the new millennium which opened the KSO's October 19th and 20th subscription concerts to critical acclaim. Other compositions by Sartor have been featured nationally and internationally at the Tanglewood Music Festival, the Aspen Summer Music Festival, the International Double Bass Festival, the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, The World's Largest Organ Concert, and Carnegie Hall, with broadcast performances on Public Radio International, National Public Radio, and local affiliates. He has been named to Who's Who in American Music, The International Who's Who in Music, and 2000 Outstanding Musicians of the 20th Century As a Conductor, Sartor studied with Donald Neuen and has been an active participant in workshops with Kenneth Schermerhorn, Karen Lynne Deal, and John Morris Russell. He founded and served as Music Director of two chamber ensembles and conducts his own works by invitation as well. An enthusiastic proponent and presenter of contemporary music, he has appeared with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra, the Tennessee Philharmonic, the Vanderbilt Orchestra, the Knoxville Brass Choir, the Dogwood Arts Festival Chamber Orchestra, the Trevecca Symphony, and as Guest Composer at the Illinois State University Fine Arts Festival. His commentaries about contemporary music have been featured in various composer journals and professional publications. Sartor received his education at the Blair School of Music, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory, and the University of Tennessee, where he studied with John Anthony Lennon and the late David Van Vactor. He holds full memberships in Phi Kappa Phi, Pi Kappa Lambda, The American Music Center (artist member), ASCAP, the American Federation of Musicians, the National Association of Composers USA, The Center for the Promotion of Contemporary Composers, and the Society of Composers, Inc. His works are published by E.C. Schirmer, Shawnee Press, TRN Music, J.W. Pepper, and by his own publishing company. http://davidsartor.com

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