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Upcoming Events

April 19, 2024
Performance of Concerto for Oboe and Violin by Johann Sebastian Bach with Grace Woodworth, oboe, Denise Baker, violin, and the Parthenon Chamber Orchestra conducted by David P. Sartor, as part of Bachanalia 2024, a 6-hour regional festival of works by Johann Sebastian Bach at Christ Church Cathedral, 900 Broadway, Nashville, TN

April 28, 2024, 6:30 pm
World premiere of David P. Sartor's VISION for Concert Band, commissioned via a consortium to honor Dr. Charles P. Conrad on the occasion of his retirement as Music Director of the Indiana Wind Symphony, by the Indiana Wind Symphony conducted by David P. Sartor at The Palladium, Carmel, IN.

Past Events

February 10, 2024
Judge for the first annual Instrumental Music Competition, Cumberland University, Lebanon, TN.

November 20, 2023
Juror for the Bryan Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, Bryan Fine Arts Center, Cookeville, TN.

November 11, 2023, 3:00 pm
Performance of Spohr's Clarinet Concerto No. 1 with soloist Rick Gibson, Bottesini's Double Bass Concerto No. 2 with soloist Matt Gibson, and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2 with soloist Steve Hyman, by the Nashville Concerto Orchestra conducted by David P. Sartor at Trinity Presbyterian Church, 3201 Hillsboro Pike, Nashville, TN.

October 30, 2023, 7:30 pm
Performance of AFFECTATIONS for Brass Quintet by the Belmont University Faculty Brass Quintet, McAfee Concert Hall, Belmont University, Nashville, TN.

July 15, 2023, 10:05 pm
Performance of Parabola for Brass and Timpani at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival by the SSMF Festival Brass at All Saints' Chapel, University of the South, Sewanee, TN

March 31, 2023, 7:00 pm
Performance of The Saints of Sewanee by the Music City Brass Ensemble with Joel Treybig conducting, Stephens Valley Church, 6000 Pasquo Rd, Nashville, TN.

March 4, 2023, 7:30 pm
World premiere of SCARAB! for Flute, Bassoon and Harp by members of the Indiana Wind Symphony at the Studio Theater, Carmel, IN.

November 8, 2022, 7:30 pm
Performance of ASPIRATIONS for Woodwind Quintet by the Stephen F. Austin State University Faculty Woodwind Quintet, Cole Concert Hall, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX.

March 18, 2022, 5:30 pm
Performance of Violin Concerto in E Major by Johann Sebastian Bach by the Parthenon Chamber Orchestra with David Johnson, violin soloist and David P. Sartor, Music Director and Conductor, as part of Bachanalia 2022, a 6-hour regional festival of works by Johann Sebastian Bach at Christ Church Cathedral, 900 Broadway, Nashville, TN

October 11, 2021, 7:30 pm
Performance of ASPIRATIONS for Woodwind Quintet by the Belmont University Faculty Woodwind Quintet, McAfee Concert Hall, Belmont University, Nashville, TN.

August 15, 2021, 6:00 pm
Performance of Governor's Cup March by the Indiana Wind Symphony, Charles Conrad, Music Director, Carmel Gazebo, Carmel, IN.

July 10, 2021, 1:30 pm
Performance of ASPIRATIONS for Woodwind Quintet at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival, University of the South, Sewanee, TN.

November 15, 2020, 3:00 pm
Performance of Black Ball Counts Double by the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra, Kayoko Dan, Music Director, Chattanooga, TN.

November 14, 2020, 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm
Performance of Black Ball Counts Double by the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra, Kayoko Dan, Music Director, Chattanooga, TN.

September 17, 2020
Performance of Black Ball Counts Double by the University of Oklahoma Symphony Strings, Thomas Taylor Dickey, conductor, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK

August 16, 2020, 3:00 pm
EVENT POSTPONED DUE TO COVID19

Parthenon Chamber Orchestra Fifth Anniversary Gala Concert with Robert Marler, piano soloist and David P. Sartor, Music Director and Conductor, Nashville, TN

March 27, 2020, 6:02 pm
EVENT CANCELED DUE TO COVID19

Performance of Violin Concerto in E Major by Johann Sebastian Bach by the Parthenon Chamber Orchestra with Denise Baker, violin soloist and David P. Sartor, Music Director and Conductor, as part of Bachanalia 2020, a 6-hour regional festival of works by Johann Sebastian Bach at Christ Church Cathedral, 900 Broadway, Nashville, TN

March 8, 2020, 4:00 pm
Performance of Metamorphic Fanfare by the Lakeland Civic Orchestra, Matthew Saunders, Music Director and Conductor, Rodehorst Performing Arts Center, Kirkland, OH

October 20, 2019, 4:00 pm
Parthenon Chamber Orchestra Sacred Space Chamber Concert with Emily Bowland, clarinet soloist and David P. Sartor, Music Director and Conductor, Christ Church Cathedral, Nashville, TN

August 11, 2019, 3:00 pm
Parthenon Chamber Orchestra Concert with Ann Richards, flute soloist and David P. Sartor, Music Director and Conductor, Trevecca Nazarene University, Nashville, TN

July 13, 2019, 10:00 pm
Performance of The Saints of Sewanee for Brass, Timpani, Percussion and optional Organ at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival by the SSMF Festival Brass at All Saints' Chapel, University of the South, Sewanee, TN

July 12, 2019
Performance of Sonata for Trumpet and Piano at the International Trumpet Guild conference by Taylor Gustad, at the Hyatt Regency, Miami, FL

March 30, 2019
World premiere of The Bull, The Philosopher and the Harlequin for oboe and string orchestra by Dan Schwartz, the Nashville Concerto Orchestra with Dan Schwartz, oboe and David P. Sartor conducting, Nashville, TN

March 29, 2019
Performance of Brandenburg Concerto #2 by Johann Sebastian Bach by the Parthenon Chamber Orchestra with Ann Richards, Bonnie Farr, David Johnson and Michael Arndt, soloists and David P. Sartor Music Director and Conductor, as part of Bachanalia 2019, a 6-hour regional festival of works by Johann Sebastian Bach at Christ Church Cathedral, 900 Broadway, Nashville, TN

March 21, 2019
Performance of Dies Irae by the University of Arizona Wind Ensemble, Martin Gaines, conductor, Tucson, AZ

March 10, 2019, 2:00 pm
Performance of The Saints of Sewanee by the Music City Brass Ensemble, T. Earl Hinton Concert Hall, Middle Tennessee State University, 1439 Faulkinberry Drive, Murfreesboro, TN

November 17, 2018
Performance of Black Ball Counts Double by the North Central Honors Orchestra, Thomas Taylor Dickey, conductor, University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, OK

October 8, 2018
World premiere of Aspirations for Woodwind Quintet by the Blair Faculty Woodwind Quintet, Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music, Nashville, TN

August 12, 2018, 3:00 pm
Parthenon Chamber Orchestra Concert, David P. Sartor, Music Director and Conductor, Stephen Drake, cello, T. Earl Hinton Concert Hall, Middle Tennessee State University, 1439 Faulkinberry Drive, Murfreesboro, TN

July 21, 2018
Performance of Crimson for Brass, Timpani, Percussion and optional Organ at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival by the SSMF Festival Brass, Sewanee, TN

June 23, 2018
Repeat performance of Black Ball Counts Double at The International Conductors' Festival, St Nicholas Cathedral, Kyiv, Ukraine, Andrew Lyon, Conductor

June 22, 2018
European Premiere of Black Ball Counts Double at The International Conductors' Festival, St Nicholas Cathedral, Kyiv, Ukraine, Andrew Lyon, Conductor

May 13, 2018, 3:00 pm
Performance of Celebration for Trumpet and Organ by Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Trumpeter Peter Bond and Mollie Nichols, Organist, Episcopal Church of Heavenly Rest, New York, NY

April 16, 2018, 6:30 pm
Performance of Celebration for Trumpet and Organ by Metropolitan Opera Orchestra Trumpeter Peter Bond and Dr. Geoffrey Ward, Organist, All Saints Chapel, University of the South, Sewanee, TN

March 16, 2018, 8:00 pm
Performance of Violin Concerto in A Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach by the Parthenon Chamber Orchestra with Emily Hanna Crane, violin and David P. Sartor Music Director, as part of Bachanalia 2018, a 6-hour regional festival of works by Johann Sebastian Bach at Christ Church Cathedral, 900 Broadway, Nashville, TN

November 17, 2017
Performance of Dies Irae by The U. S. Pacific Fleet Band, Lt. Kelly Cartwright, Fleet Bandmaster, Hawaii Public Radio's Atherton Studio, Honolulu, HI

November 16, 2017
Performance of Dies Irae by The U. S. Pacific Fleet Band, Lt. Kelly Cartwright, Fleet Bandmaster, Orvis Auditprium, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI

October 19, 2017
Performance of Reveries by Orchestra Unlimited, Kirk Smith, Music Director, Midtown Arts and Theater Center, Houston, TX

August 13, 2017
Parthenon Chamber Orchestra Concert, David P. Sartor, Music Director and Conductor, Trevecca Nazarene University, Nashville, TN

July 15, 2017
World premiere of The Saints of Sewanee for Brass, Timpani, Percussion and optional Organ at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival by the SSMF Festival Brass, Sewanee, TN

June 10, 2017
Performance of Cello Concerto by Robert Schumann, the Nashville Concerto Orchestra with Stephen Drake, cello soloist and David P. Sartor conducting, Nashville, TN

May 1, 2017
Performance of Eric Jones' Cosmic Armada for Brass and Percussion, David P. Sartor, Conductor, Trevecca Nazarene University, Nashville, TN

April 23, 2017
Private performance Aspirations for Woodwind Quintet by DeAnna Little, Jared Hauser, Todd Waldecker, Leslie Norton and Peter Kolkay, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

April 9, 2017
The Carillon Project - an outdoor concert of works for orchestra and carillon and for band and carillon, David P. Sartor, Conductor, The Bicentennial Mall, Nashville, TN

March 23, 2017
World Premiere of Sonata for Trumpet and Piano by Michael Arndt (trumpet) and Maeve Brophy (piano), Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

March 23, 2017
World Premiere of Sixes and Sevens for unaccompanied cello by Stephen Drake, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

February 28, 2017
Performance of Dies Irae by the Middle Tennessee State University Brass, Michael Arndt, Director, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

February 27, 2017
Performance of Dies Irae by the Middle Tennessee State University Brass, Michael Arndt, Director, Saint Rose of Lima Catholic Church, Murfreesboro, TN

December 11, 2016
Performance of Veni Emmanuel by the Indiana Wind Symphony, Charles Conrad, Music Director, Carmel, IN

November 17, 2016
Trevecca Symphony Orchestra Concert, David P. Sartor, Conductor, Cathedral of the Incarnation, Nashville, TN View on Demand

November 14, 2016
Performance of Governor's Cup March by the Cedar Creek Community Band, David P. Sartor, Guest Conductor, Heydel Fine Arts Theater, Cumberland University, Lebanon, TN

November 13, 2016
Performance of Dies Irae by the Bay Colony Brass, Patrick Valentino, Music Director, Lexington, MA

August 14, 2016
Parthenon Chamber Orchestra Concert, David P. Sartor, Music Director and Conductor, Tarter Student Activity Center, Trevecca Nazarene University, Nashville, TN

July 30, 2016
Performance of Black Ball Counts Double for String Orchestra at the International Conductors' Festival, Wilderness Trail Distillery, by the Piccadilly Symphony Orchestra from Manchester, England, Andrew J. Lyon Conducting, Danville, KY

July 29, 2016
Performance of Black Ball Counts Double for String Orchestra at the International Conductors' Festival, Norton Center for the Arts Weisiger Theatre. by the Piccadilly Symphony Orchestra from Manchester, England, Andrew J. Lyon Conducting, Danville, KY

July 16, 2016
Performance of Dies Irae for Brass and Timpani at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival by the SSMF Festival Brass, Sewanee, TN

November 8, 2015
Performance of Reveries by the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra, Kayoko Dan, Music Director, Chattanooga, TN.

September 9, 2015
ASCAP Composer Career Workshop with Alex Shapiro and Jim Kendrick, 2:00-6:00 pm, Benson Auditorium, Trevecca Nazarene University, 333 Murfreesboro Road, Nashville, TN 37210

August 16, 2015
Parthenon Chamber Orchestra Inaugural Concert, 3:00 pm, at Tarter Student Activity Center, Trevecca Nazarene University, David P. Sartor, Music Director, Nashville, TN.

July 18, 2015
Performance of Ascension for Brass and Timpani at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival by the SSMF Festival Brass, Alexander Shuhan, Conductor, Sewanee, TN.

July 11, 2015
Performance of Polygon for Brass Quintet at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival by the Sewanee Faculty Brass Quintet, Sewanee, TN.

April 27, 2015
Performance of Reveries by the Tennessee State University String Orchestra, Deidre Vaughn Emerson, Conductor, Nashville, TN.

December 6, 2014
Performance of Crimson for Brass, Timpani, Percussion and Optional Organ at the Festival of Carols and Lessons, by the Mercer University Brass Choir, Macon, GA

July 19, 2014
World Premiere of Crimson for Brass, Timpani, Percussion and Optional Organ at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival by the SSMF Festival Brass, Mark Babbitt, Conductor Sewanee, TN.

April 27, 2014
Performance of Meditation for Cello and Piano by Alicia Randisi-Hooker, cello and Erica Sipes, piano at CelloFest 2014: Violoncello Americano, 3:00pm EDT, the Unitarian Universalist Church of Blacksburg, 1311 Gladewood Road, Blacksburg, VA.

April 13, 2014
Performance of When Jesus Wept for Organ by Constance Peebles at Swainsboro First United Methodist Church, Swainsboro, GA.

January 11, 2014
Performance of Governor's Cup March by the All Mid-State Silver Band, Jay Dawson, conducting, at 3:00 pm, Boutwell Dramatic Arts Building, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN.

December 15, 2013
World Premiere of Amid The Cruel Winter Snow (Composition Contest Winner) by the New Haven Oratorio Choir and harpist Grace Cloutier at The Church of the Redeemer, New Haven, CT, Daniel Shaw, Director.

November 24, 2013
World Premiere of Celebration for Trumpet and Organ by Stephen K. Bottom, trumpet and John Cantrell, Organ at St. Michael's Episcopal Church, New York, NY.

November 14, 2013
Performance of Reveries by the Trevecca Symphony Orchestra, Cathedral of the Incarnation, Nashville, TN, David Sartor conducting.

June 24, 2013
World Premiere of Prologue - Fanfare for 3 Trumpets (dedicated to the Yamaha Young Performing Artists Program on the occasion of their 25th anniversary) at the BOA/Yamaha Music For All Symposium at Ball State University, Muncie, IN. by Stephen K. Bottom, Chad Winkler and Joshua Gilbert, as the opening work on the Yamaha Young Performing Artist Winners' Recital.

May 5, 2013
Visiting Composer and Speaker, Vine Street Christian Church, Nashville, TN. Performances of Simple Blessing for Organ and Open Door for Organ by Vine Street Organist Julia Callaway, and Psalm 67 for SATB Chorus, Organ and Trumpet by the Vine Street Chancel Choir, T. J. McLaughlin, Director.

October 19, 2012
Performance of Meditation for Cello and Piano by Atlanta Symphony Cellist Paul Warner, Atlanta, GA.

July 21, 2012
World Premiere of Cat's Eye for Brass at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival by the SSMF Festival Brass, Sewanee, TN, Mark Babbitt, Conductor.
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July 4, 2012
Performance of Governor's Cup March by the Indiana Wind Symphony at CarmelFest, Carmel, IN, Charles Conrad, Music Director.

June 7, 2012
Performance of Alleluja from Anthem VI-B for Brass Choir at Loma Linda University Church, Loma Linda, CA

April 16, 2012
Performance of Remembrance by Flutist Shelley Binder and Pianist Dianne Frazer at St. Alban's Chapel, Louisiana State University, 7:30 pm, Baton Rouge, LA .

March 18, 2012
Performance of Remembrance by Flutist Shelley Binder and Pianist Fay Adams on the Cleveland Flute Society Recital, 1:30 pm, Judson Park, 2181 Ambleside Road, Cleveland, OH.

December 2, 2011
Performance of Veni Emmanuel by the Indiana Wind Symphony, Indianapolis, IN, Charles Conrad, Music Director.

November 15, 2011
Radio broadcast of Metamorphic Fanfare on KLCC FM, Eugene, OR.

November 12, 2011
Performance of Dies Irae by the MTSU Symphonic Brass at the MTSU Brass Clinic, T. Earl Hinton Music Hall, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, Michael Arndt, Conductor.
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November 5, 2011
Performance of Reveries by the Northern Neck Orchestra, Lancaster Middle School Theater, Kilmarnock, VA, Guy Hayden, Conductor.

July 25, 2011
Radio broadcast of the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra's November 19, 2010 performance of Metamorphic Fanfare on WUOT FM, Knoxville, Tennessee at 8:00 pm EDST, 7:00 pm CDST.

July 23, 2011
World Premiere of Parabola for Brass and Timpani at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival by the SSMF Festival Brass, Sewanee, TN, Mark Babbitt, Conductor.
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May 22, 2011
World Premiere of Meditation for Cello and Piano by Nashville Symphony Associate Principal Cellist Julia Tanner and pianist Sarah Huffman, Woodmont Christian Church, Nashville, TN.
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April 28, 2011
Performance of Governor's Cup March by the McGavock High School Wind Ensemble, 7:00 pm, McGavock High School, Nashville, TN, David Sartor conducting. (Kenton J. Hull Jr. Memorial Concert)
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February 26, 2011
Performance of Remembrance by Flutist Shelley Binder and Pianist Fay Adams, 8:00 pm, Alumni Memorial Performance Hall, Room 32, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.

November 19, 2010
Performance of Metamorphic Fanfare by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, 8:00 pm, Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, TN, Lucas Richman, Music Director

November 18, 2010
Performance of Metamorphic Fanfare by the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, 8:00 pm, Tennessee Theatre, Knoxville, TN, Lucas Richman, Music Director

July 17, 2010
World Premiere of Governor's Cup March by the Two Rivers / McGavock High School Alumni Band, Hotel Preston, Nashville, TN, David Sartor conducting

June 27, 2010
Performance of Reveries by the Nexus Chamber Orchestra (inaugural concert), 4:00 pm, Brentwood United Methodist Church, Brentwood, TN, David Sartor conducting

May 15, 2010
Performance of Polygon on the Master's Recital of Preston Bailey, 1:00 pm, University of Missouri at Kansas City Conservatory of Music and Dance, Kansas City, MO.

March 21, 2010
Performance of Synergistic Parable by the Indiana Wind Symphony, 7:30 pm, Zionsville Performing Arts Center, 1000 Mulberry Street, Zionsville, IN, Charles Conrad, Music Director

March 9, 2010
Performance of Remembrance by Flutist Shelley Binder and Pianist Geneva Fung, 6:00 pm, Cole Concert Hall, Wright Music Building, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX.

February 28, 2010
World Premiere of Remembrance by Flutist Shelley Binder and Pianist Fay Adams, 8:00 pm, Alumni Memorial Building, Room 32, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.

November 13, 2009
Performance of Synergistic Parable by the Middle Tennessee State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble, 7:30 pm, T. Earl Hinton Music Hall, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, Reed Thomas, Director

October 10, 2009
Performance of Reveries by the Tidewater Intergenerational Orchestra, St. Bede Catholic Church, Williamsburg, VA, Guy Hayden, Conductor

July 25, 2009
World Premiere of Ascension at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival by the SSMF Festival Brass, Sewanee, TN

July 17, 2009
World Premiere of Passages (Thor Johnson Memorial Commission) by the Atlantis String Quartet at the Delta Omicron Triennial Conference, Cincinnati, OH

May 30, 2009
Performance of Reveries (Winner, 2009 Composers Competition) by the Burlington Chamber Orchestra, Music Building Recital Hall, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, Michael Hopkins, Music Director
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May 29, 2009
World Premiere of Reveries (Winner, 2009 Composers Competition) by the Burlington Chamber Orchestra, Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, VT, Michael Hopkins, Music Director
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November 19, 2008
Performance of Alleluja from Anthem VI-B for Brass Choir by the Malone College Brass Ensemble, Canton, OH

November 11, 2008
Performance of Step by Step, at the Kentucky New Music Festival, Lexington, KY

November 6, 2008
Performance of Step by Step, Salle de concert Oscar Peterson Concert Hall, Montr al, Canada

October 16-18, 2008
Performance of Step by Step, as part of the 60x60 Project at the Electronic Music Midwest Festival, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL

October 16-18, 2008
Performance of Convocation, as part of the 60x60 Project at the Electronic Music Midwest Festival, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL

October 4, 2008
Performance of Dies Irae at the Nashville Symphony's "Day of Music" by the MTSU Symphonic Brass, 12:00 noon, Schermerhorn Symphony Center, Nashville, TN, Michael Arndt, Conductor.

September 19, 2008
Performance of Dies Irae by the MTSU Symphonic Brass, 7:30 pm, T. Earl Hinton Music Hall, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN, Michael Arndt, Conductor.

July 19, 2008
World Premiere of Dies Irae at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival by the SSMF Festival Brass, Sewanee, TN, David Brockett, Conductor.

April 13, 2008
Performance of Metamorphic Fanfare by the Young Musicians Foundation Debut Orchestra, Santa Monica High School - Barnum Hall, 600 Olympic Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405, Sean Newhouse, Music Director.

February 18, 2008
Guest Composer, Composition Seminar, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

May 20, 2007
World Premiere of Veni Emmanuel by the Indiana Wind Symphony, Indianapolis, IN, Charles Conrad, Music Director.

March 21, 2007
Performance of Alleluja from Anthem VI-B for Brass Choir by the Malone College Brass Ensemble, Canton, OH

December 24, 2006
Performance of Thy Light Is Come at Midnight Mass, St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Church, Great Falls, VA, Neil Weston, Director.

November 2006
Performance of Psalm 67, by the Clarendon United Methodist Church, Arlington, VA, J. Reilly Lewis, Music Director.

November 18, 2006
Performance of Polygon, by the Broad Street Brass Quintet, at the 2006 MTSU Brass Performance Clinic, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

November 8, 2006
Polygon, by the Broad Street Brass Quintet, 6:00 pm, Hinton Recital Hall, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

October 26, 2006
Performance of Polygon, at the Society of Composers Inc. Regional Conference, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN

October 12, 2006
Performance of Convocation, as part of the 60x60 Project at the Electronic Music Midwest Festival, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL

September 7, 2016
Radio broadcast of Metamorphic Fanfare on WPRB FM, Princeton, NJ.

April 23, 2005
Performance of Black Ball Counts Double (world premiere) by the Mission Chamber Orchestra, San Jose, California, Emily Ray, Music Director.

April 8 and 9, 2005
Performances of Metamorphic Fanfare by the Brevard Symphony Orchestra, Melbourne, Florida, Christopher Confessore, Music Director.

March 13, 2005
Performance of When Jesus Wept for organ at Centenary United Methodist Church, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Ray Ebert, Organist.

March 13, 2005
Performance of When Jesus Wept for organ at Vine Street Christian Church, Nashville, Tennessee, Julia Callaway, Organist.

December 11,12, and 13, 2004
Performance of Thy Light Is Come by the Cathedral Choral Society at the Washington National Cathedral, Washington D.C., J. Reilly Lewis, Music Director.

June 5, 2004
Performance of Synergistic Parable for Concert Band at the Dore Theatre, Bakersfield, CA, by the California State University Bakersfield Concert Band, David Sartor conducting.
May 7, 2003
Performance of Alleluja from Anthem VI-B for Brass Choir at the 125th Anniversary Delebration of the Cincinnatu Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH, by the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Preparatory Department Brass Choir, Paul Hillner. Conductor.


April 13, 2003
Performance of Alleluja from Anthem VI-B for Brass Choir at St. Fidelis Church, Manhattan, KS, by the Kansas State University Brass Ensemble, Gary Mortenson, Director.

April 6, 2003
When Jesus Wept for organ at Vine Street Christian Church, Nashville, Tennessee, Julia Callaway, Organist.

March 22, 2003
Performance of Alleluja from Anthem VI-B for Brass Choir at the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music in Robert J. Werner Recital Hall, conducted by Paul Hillner.

January 19, 2003
Performance of Alleluja from Anthem VI-B for Brass Choir at Bethel Lutheran Church, Middleburg Heights, Ohio, Jayne Southwick Cool, Director.

September 15, 2002
Performance of Simple Blessing for organ (premiere) at Vine Street Christian Church, Nashville, Tennessee, Julia Callaway, Organist.


Sartor Receives Double Honors in Composition Divisions of "The American Prize"

July 8, 2013 For the second consecutive year, compositions by David P. Sartor have received high honors in two Professional Composition Divisions of the 2013 American Prizes, national awards celebrating American excellence in the arts. His Polygon for Brass Quintet was awarded Third Place in the Chamber Music Division, and his Synergistic Parable was named as a Finalist in the Band/Wind Ensemble Division.

Sartor is a Wilson County based concert music composer and conductor, and is Adjunct Professor of Composition at Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville. His many published compositions are widely performed nationally and internationally and have been recognized with prestigious awards which include the American Bandmasters Association's Ostwald Prize for Symphonic Wind Ensemble Music, the National Fine Arts Award, and more than two dozen awards from ASCAP, New Music for Young Ensembles, the Delta Omicron Foundation, Meet The Composer Foundation, the Burlington Chamber Orchestra, and the Columbia Symphony Orchestra, among others.

In writing about Polygon, the judges praised the work's "skill and motivic rigor in its thematic treatment, with idiomatic parts, varied textures, and gleaming brass sonorities."

Both Polygon and Synergistic Parable have been previously honored with other awards as well - Polygon with the National Fine Arts Award, and Synergistic Parable with the American Bandmasters Association's Ostwald Award.

"It's so gratifying to be honored in this manner in a competition of national scope," said Sartor. "This is a wonderful opportunity to call attention to the fact that today's concert music composers do not all live in New York or on the West Coast. Wherever performing ensembles may be located across the nation, there are probably excellent composers in their back yards."


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