Donald Sinta

Born June 16, 1937 in Detroit, Michigan, Donald Sinta has concertized widely in the United States, has made concert appearances in Europe and Canada, and is a clinician for the H. and A. Selmer Company. His recording American Music for Saxophone is known throughout the world. Sinta has premiered more than 40 works by American composers. In 1969 he was the first elected chair of the World Saxophone Congress. A pupil of Larry Teal, he holds degrees from Wayne State University and the University of Michigan. Formerly on the faculties of the Hartt School of Music in Connecticut and Ithaca College in New York, he was appointed to the University of Michigan faculty following Teal’s retirement in 1974. Sinta is Chair of the Winds Department and the Earl V. Moore Professor of Music at the University of Michigan.