Walter B. Saul II, distinguished composer and pianist, holds degrees from Duke and Eastman. His many composition honors include 24 ASCAP awards from 1990-2014, as well as “Composer of the Year” commissions from North Carolina Music Teachers Association (1986) and Oregon Music Teachers Association (1990). He was also awarded the Burlington Northern Faculty Achievement Awards in Scholarship at Warner Pacific College in 1989 and 1992. In 1998 and 2002, he won Warner Pacific College’s Kendall Award for Scholarship. In 1996 and 1999, Saul was one of ten composers selected to participate in the Ernest Bloch Composers Symposium in Newport, Oregon. Saul has also received numerous Meet the Composer grants. Performances of his works have occurred in 24 states and six nations. His composition, “Kiev 2014:Rhapsody for Oboe and Orchestra,” was performed by the Fresno Philharmonic in October, 2015. All of his orchestral works have been recorded on the Naxos label, by the National Symphony of Ukraine, with Theodore Kuchar as conductor.