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 steven sametz composer , conductor and professor
steven sametz

steven sametz -lrb- born 1954 , westport , connecticut -rrb- is active as both conductor and composer .
he has been hailed as `` one of the most respected choral composers in america . ''
since 1979 , he has been on the faculty of lehigh university in bethlehem , pennsylvania , where he holds the ronald j. ulrich chair in music and is director of choral activities and is founding director of the lehigh university choral union .
since 1998 , he has served as artistic director of the professional `` a cappella '' ensemble , the princeton singers .
he is also the founding director of the lehigh university summer choral composers ' forum .
in 2012 , he was named chair of the american choral directors association composition advisory committee .
