Sigmund Snopek III (born 1950)[1] is an American musician and composer.
Snopek began his career in the late 1960s with a prog-rock band called Bloomsbury People.[2] He has since created concept albums, pop songs, and classical compositions.[2] Along the way, he performed and recorded with The Violent Femmes. In 2015, he was inducted into the Wisconsin Area Music Industry Hall of Fame.[3]
Snopek composed a jazz symphony to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the founding of Waukesha, Wisconsin, which was performed at the University of Wisconsin–Waukesha on August 12, 1984.[4][self-published source] Snopek's works often have a local Milwaukee flavor to them, such as a song named for Robin Yount on his Baseball album.[1] His classical works have been performed by many organizations in Milwaukee, including the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra and Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra.[5]
In the late 1970s Snopek and Byron Wieman III led a band that played in Wisconsin and was simply named "Snopek." They recorded two vinyl albums, "Thinking Out Loud" and "First Band On The Moon." Details of those albums listed below. A third rock album under the name "Sigmund Snopek III" titled "WisconsInsane" appeared on Dali Records in 1987, continuing his rock career.
The Bloomsbury People
Virginia Woolf
Trinity Seaseizesees
Nobody to Dream
Thinking Out Loud
First Band on the Moon
Turn Around
WisconsInsane (Sigmund Snopek III album)WisconsInsane
Beer (Sigmund Snopek III album)