Jerome Sorcsek holds degrees in composition from universities in the eastern United States. He was a National Endowment for the Arts composer-in-residence in public schools in Pennsylvania. He moved to California to teach theory and conducting in city and state universities in Stanislaus and Los Angeles Counties. In 1981 and 1985 his music was premiered at Festliche Musiktage in Zurich. He recorded with the Moravian Philharmonic Orchestra in the Czech Republic. Among his prize winnings were the National Band Association Composition Award and the New Music for Young Ensembles Composition Prize part of which was a performance of the winning piece in New York’s Weill Hall. His catalogue includes 10 symphonies, 14 chamber symphonies, 19 string quartets, and concertos for viola, bassoon, and trumpet.