David P. Sartor (born May 25, 1956) is an American composer of symphonic, chamber and choral music. The son of high school principal Grayl Bruce Sartor and elementary school teacher Kathleen Lipscomb Sartor, he began piano studies at age 5 with his grandmother, Sallie Lipscomb, a local piano instructor. He received his formal musical education at the Blair School of Music, the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and the University of Tennessee, where he studied composition with John Anthony Lennon and David Van Vactor and conducting with Donald Neuen. Jump to: navigation, search ImageMetadata File history File links SARTOR.jpg Summary davidsartor. ... May 25 is the 145th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (146th in leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search A composer is a person who writes music. ...

Sartor is the composer of Synergistic Parable for Symphonic Band (1986), for which he won the prestigious American Bandmasters Association's Ostwald Award for Symphonic Band Music in 1987, and Polygon for Brass Quintet (1992), which received the National Fine Arts Award. Other popular works include Metamorphic Fanfare (2000), commissioned by the Knoxville, TN Symphony Orchestra, Thy Light Is Come for chorus, organ, brass and timpani (1987), commissioned by Christ Episcopal Church in Nashville, Tennessee and showcased at the Washington National Cathedral by the Cathedral Choral Society, Black Ball Counts Double for String Orchestra (2003), which received a commendation in England's 2003 Oare International Composing Competition, and Concerto for Orchestra (2001). Washington National Cathedral was the site of two Presidential state funerals: for Dwight D. Eisenhower and Ronald W. Reagan, and a presidential burial in the cathedral mausoleum: Woodrow Wilson. ... Cathedral Choral Society is a 240-voice concert chorus based at the Washington National Cathedral. ...

Sartor is included in Who’s Who in American Music, The International Who’s Who in Music and Who's Who in America®. His works are recorded on the ERM Media label and are published by E.C. Schirmer, Shawnee Press, TRN Music, J.W. Pepper, and Metamorphic Music.

He currently resides in Middle Tennessee with his wife, the author Nancy Sartor.

External links

• David P. Sartor official web site
• ABA Ostwald Award
• American Composers Forum: David P. Sartor