Margaret vardell sandresky biography of michaels

Pierre was a legendary teacher and mentor, and beloved member of the Academy's faculty from 1963-2004 (Abbot Academy 1963-1973, Phillips Academy 1973-2004)..

Organist, 100, is still composing new works

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norman lebrecht

September 11, 2021

Margaret Vardell Sandresky is celebrating her 100th birthday year.

94 pp.

  • Includes biographical sketch of the composer and critical commentary.
  • Pierre was a legendary teacher and mentor, and beloved member of the Academy's faculty from 1963-2004 (Abbot Academy 1963-1973, Phillips Academy 1973-2004).
  • Margaret Vardell Sandresky (b.
  • One hundred years young, Margaret Vardell Sandresky was born April 28, 1921, in Macon, Georgia.

    • She is the fourth generation female composer in her family and she’s not planning to stop any time soon.

    Just look at her CV:
    She was born April 28, 1921, in Macon, Georgia, and her family moved to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, in 1923 when her father joined the faculty of the Salem College School of Music.

    She graduated from Salem Academy in 1938 and Salem College in organ in 1942.

    Sandresky earned a Master of Music degree in composition at the Eastman School of Music in 1944, where she was a student of Harold Gleason, and studied composition with Howard Hanson and Bernard Rogers.

    After teaching music theory at Oberlin Conservatory of Music and the University of Texas at Austin, Sandresky returned to Salem College where she taught until her retirement in 1986. As a founding member of the faculty of the North Carolina