Performances + Events
Felicia Sandler
Education and Training
BM, University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music; MM, The Catholic University of America; PhD University of Michigan.
Awards and Recognition
Sandler has received awards from Meet The Composer, the Presser Foundation, and the American Composers Orchestra, among others.
Fellowship at the Institute of African Studies
Felicia Sandler writes music that is full of color and energy. Her choral works have been performed internationally with choirs in Asia, Europe, Latin America and all across the U.S. Her percussion work Pulling Radishes commissioned by the NEC Percussion Ensemble (Naxos, 2011) serves as soundtrack for the ZeroOne documentary film, Peter Handke – In the Woods. Might Be Late (Berlin, 2016) and was described by Ira Byelick as rich with “interesting color… one of the most effective works on the record.” (American Record Guide, Sept. 2011). Sandler’s most recent commission is the composition of music for a modern passion play based on a libretto by playwright David Mulei. Pilate’s Daughter is to be premiered in the Spring of 2020 at the Basilica in Boston’s historic Mission District. Her works are available from E.C. Schirmer Music Publications, Mark Foster, Alliance Music (Simon Carrington Series), and Dancing Flea Music Company, and are on the Naxos and Mark Records labels.
Former faculty of Bowling Green State University and University of Michigan.
Curriculum Vitae
BM, University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music; MM, The Catholic University of America; PhD University of Michigan.
- Sandler has received awards from Meet The Composer, the Presser Foundation, and the American Composers Orchestra, among others.
- Fellowship at the Institute of African Studies
Affiliated Departments and Programs
Music Theory
