Before completing his PhD in the history and theory of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania, John Sands studied composition with Michael Kurek and Michael Alec Rose at Vanderbilt University. The 2003 winner of Glimmerglass Opera’s Fanfare Competition, his work has been performed throughout the United States and in Graz, Austria. His translation of the Viennese architect Josef Frank’s Architecture as Symbol was recently published by Metroverlag.
