Reviews:   Music of Greg Sanders

"… a respected American Composer."
            Charles Osgood, CBS “The Osgood Files” , February 18,2003

"The most powerful work of the evening was Greg Sanders' "Wind of Fire" for solo clarinet, one of the few contemporary studies for single wind instrument that is more than a simple glossary of sound." 
            New York Times, Tim Page October 21, 1984

"A sense of adventure describes much of Sanders' mission as a composer. Quite like a musical Dr. Who, he takes the listener on a voyage through the unfamiliar or completely unknown."
            API Feature Article April 22, 1990

"His work has sense and sensibility it is beguiling without being abrasive......... "Kristallnacht” is a strange, eerie lament that uses the tuba with respect and intelligence." 
            Peoria Journal Star April 16, 1989

”…one of the country’s foremost composers…”
            Salina Journal (KS) April 12, 2002

"...Having conducted this work at several reading sessions, I can confirm that it has been very well received. The piece is at once very accessible, powerful and dramatic. [Review for "Prairie Wind "]
            School Music News May, 1995 (New York Music Educator's Magazine)

(Prairie Dreams: The River's Echo)...a commission for the city of Peoria, "A work of astonishing power and drama...there were cheers, shouts of "bravo", and a standing ovation...Sanders has created a lasting monument to the city."
            Peoria Journal Star September 29, 1992

“….weaves it into something beautiful"
            Harris News Service September 9, 2002

"The warm and earthy music of Greg Sanders gave a sense of flow to the overall production [incidental music for the "The Grapes of Wrath"]
            The Caller Times (Corpus Christi, Texas) October 17, 1994

"My kids surprised me just Tuesday. We read Greg Sanders' "Coventry Variant", which has more mixed meters than Stravinsky's Wind Symphony, and they not only read it, they have been driving their academic teachers nuts using academic class time to teach each other how to count the meters. They love it... I don't think they will ever want to play anything in 4 again. (Band Director Comments) " 
            Band Chat October, 2000