User talk:Dhsmusic

Dr. Sargent holds a B.A. in music theory and an M.A. in theory and composition from BYU, a M.M. and a D.M.A. in composition from the University of Illinois. While at U. of I.,he studied composition with Professor Gordon Binkerd from 1968-1971. He taught as Visiting Professor of Composition at the Eastman School of music, Rochester, New York from 1972-1975. In 1999, he was awarded the Harold R. Laycock Professorship in composition at BYU, which he has held until the present time.

Dr. Sargent has taught Composition and Music Theory at Brigham Young University for 31 years. Since his arrival at BYU (1976), his music has had numerous performances throughout the United States as well as internationally--Germany, France, Denmark, Switzerland, Hungary, Wales, England, Bolivia and Canada. Some of his most prized compositions include Praise Ye Him, for a cappella choir (SATB) and Cello, premiered by the Utah Baroque Ensemble at the International Kodály Symposium, Leicester, England; Images for brass and percussion, premiered by members of the Eastman Brass and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Rochester, New York; Millenium II, premiered by the Wind Ensemble at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas; In Burning Vision: Sonnets on Joseph Smith, a five-movement song cycle for Tenor and Piano, commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition for the BYU School of Music's celebration of the Prophet Joseph Smith's 200th birthday, and Kaleidoscope for oboe, bassoon, and piano, premiered at the 2007 International Double Reed Society convention in Ithica, New York.