Charles Ives Scholarship: Sara Doncaster

Sara Doncaster is a Ph.D. candidate at Brandeis University, where she earned her Master of Arts degree. She earned her Bachelor of Music degree from Boston University. Her principal composition teachers are Allen Anderson, Martin Boykan, Charles Fussell, and Yehudi Wyner. She is the founder and director of Warebrook Contemporary Music Festival, and has served as a graduate instructor at Brandeis University. She has been a fellow at the MacDowell Colony, and at June in Buffalo. She has received commissions from Brandeis University Orchestra, the Arcadian Winds, Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble, and Northwestern University Wind Ensemble. She has received Production Assistance Grants from American Composers Forum and twice from the Vermont Community Foundation Arts Endowment Fund.