GREGORY SAUER, Associate Professor of Cello, joined the College of Music in 2006. A native of Davenport, Iowa, Gregory Sauer attended the Eastman School of Music and the New England Conservatory. His principal teachers included Ada Marie Snyder, Charles Wendt, Paul Katz, Laurence Lesser, Bonnie Hampton and Colin Carr. Prior to his arrival at Florida State, Mr. Sauer taught at the University of Oklahoma for eleven years, and was named Presidential Professor in 2005. Other teaching positions have included a visiting professorship at the University of California at Los Angeles, and instructor for summer programs such as the Tennessee Governor’s School for the Arts and the Hot Springs Music Festival.

Praised for his versatility, Mr. Sauer has appeared in recitals at the Old First Concert Series in San Francisco, the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, and the Brightmusic Concert Series in Oklahoma City, among many others. Mr. Sauer is a prizewinner in the Hudson Valley Philharmonic and Ima Hogg National competitions, and has performed concertos with the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, the Houston Symphony, the Quad City Symphony, Oklahoma City Philharmonic, and the Contra Costa Chamber Orchestra. Mr. Sauer holds the position of assistant principal of the Colorado Music Festival Orchestra and served nine seasons as principal cellist of the Oklahoma City Philharmonic Orchestra.

As a member of the Fidelio String Quartet, Greg has performed in concerts throughout the United States, including festival appearances at Tanglewood, Aspen Music Festival, Round Top Music Festival, and Chamber Music West. Mr. Sauer serves as co-Artistic Director of Chamber Music Quad Cities, and has appeared in chamber music settings recently with Santa Fe Promusica, at the Garth Newel Music Center, the Colorado Music Festival, and the Boulder Modern Music Festival.