Background
Sandresky, Margaret Vardell was born on April 28, 1921 in Macon, Georgia, United States. Daughter of Charles Gildersleeve Vardell and Eleanor Matilda Ferrill.
Sandresky, Margaret Vardell was born on April 28, 1921 in Macon, Georgia, United States. Daughter of Charles Gildersleeve Vardell and Eleanor Matilda Ferrill.
Bachelor of Music, Salem College, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1942. Master of Music, University Rochester, New York, 1944. Certified, Hochschule für Musik, Frankfurt, Germany, 1956.
Instructor music theory Oberlin College Conservatory, Ohio, 1944—1946, University Texas, Austin, 1948. Head organ department Salem College, Winston-Salem, 1948—1956, professor music, 1967—1986. Founder organ department North Carolina School Arts, 1965—1967.
Retired, 1986
Co-founder North Carolina Composers Symposium, Winston-Salem, 1970.
Organist Centenary Methodist Church, Winston-Salem, 1961—1969. Board directors Winston-Salem Symphony. Member of American Society of Composers (Standards award), American Guild Organists (dean local chapter, Distinguished Composer award 2004), Colonel Dames American.
Married Clemens Harold Sandresky. Children: Eleanor, Paul(deceased), Charles.
