Sametz has been invited as a Fellow at the Yaddo Artist Colony in the Spring of 2014, where he will be concentrating on his new A Child’s Requiem during sabbatical leave from Lehigh University.  

Founded in 1900, Yaddo is an artists’ community  dedicated to nurturing the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment.  Yaddo offers residencies to professional creative artists from all nations and backgrounds working in one or more of the following media: choreography, film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance art, photography, printmaking, sculpture, and video.

For more information about Yaddo, see http://yaddo.org