Scott Sandberg

Biography

Dr. Scott Sandberg serves as Associate Professor of Saxophone and Chair of the Music Department at the University of North Dakota. He has toured China three times, including performing as a featured soloist with the East China Normal University Orchestra, and has performed world premieres at World Saxophone Congresses in Croatia (2018) and Scotland (2012). Sandberg has also performed in Canada, Switzerland, Italy, Austria, Ireland, the United Kingdom, and Norway. In the United States, he has performed at numerous North American Saxophone Alliance conferences and International Saxophone Symposiums as well as with ensembles such as the Dallas Wind Symphony, Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra, Dubuque Symphony Orchestra, Waverly Community Orchestra, Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra, Singapore Slingers, Royal Klobasneks, and Dick King Classic Swing Band. His solo CD, “Duality: Works for Tenor Saxophone & Piano,” was released by Albany Records in 2020.

Before arriving at the University of North Dakota, Sandberg taught saxophone and clarinet and directed the "Blue Crew" pep band as Assistant Professor of Music at the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota, from 2012-2015. From 2010-2012 Sandberg resided in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex where he was the Director of the Wind Ensemble at the University of Texas at Dallas, Director of Orchestra at Lamb of God Lutheran Church, and Instructor of Saxophone for the Flower Mound ISD, Allen ISD, and Richardson ISD. He has also held the positions of Instructor of Woodwinds at the Marion Music Academy in Marion, Iowa; Instructor of Saxophone at the Bloomingdale School of Music in New York, New York; Instructor of Woodwinds at Wright Music Studios in Port Washington, New York; and Instructor of Jazz at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa.

Sandberg has presented clinics at the North Dakota Music Educators Association, the Northeast Texas Saxophone Symposium, and numerous universities and high schools. His work as an adjudicator has included NASA collegiate and high school competitions, MTNA, North Dakota All-State, and solo and ensemble contests for the North Dakota High School Activities Association, the Texas Music Educators Association, and the New York State School Music Association. He has taught at International Music Camp in the summer since 2013.

A native of Grand Forks, North Dakota, Sandberg is thrilled to have returned to his hometown to teach at the University of North Dakota, where he received his Bachelor of Music degree in music education. He received his Master of Arts and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees in saxophone performance from The University of Iowa as a student of Dr. Kenneth Tse.

Sandberg serves on the Advisory Board of the Schmitt Music Sax Shop and is a Voting Member of the International Music Camp Corporation. He is a Selmer Paris and Conn-Selmer Endorsing Artist.