Steven Sametz, a professor of music and an internationally acclaimed composer, poses for a photograph, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013, at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. Sametz will be using a $25,000 award he just received to compose a new work that will respond to the Sandy Hook Elementary School killings. To help in the creative process, he is asking children to submit drawings that depict tragedy and loss. ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO / Dodge City Daily Globe
By Michael Rubinkam The Associated Press BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Composer Steven Sametz has written dozens of pieces in his long and prolific career, perhaps none…