[2] Beginning his studies at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Sargon went on to graduate magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brandeis University with a B.
[2] From 1960 until 1971, Sargon was a recital partner for famed mezzo-soprano Jennie Tourel in concerts and master classes throughout the United States and abroad.
[4] In 1974, Sargon was appointed Director of Music at Temple Emanu-El in Dallas, Texas and began a 27-year tenure with one of the largest Reform Jewish congregations in America.
The Choir premiered Sargon's work Elul Midnight - A Cantata of Penitence with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra in 1984 and was invited to present a concert at the U. S. Holocaust Museum in Washington, D. C. in 1996.
[6] In 1984, Sargon joined the music faculty of Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, as director of the Opera Theatre, and retired as professor emeritus of Composition in 2014.
The American Conference of Cantors paid tribute to Sargon at its 2008 national convention in San Francisco, California, with a concert of his works.
In addition to a multitude of other works, A Voice Called was written for youth choir with narrations and musical settings of the poetry of Hannah Senesh, a hero of the Holocaust.
[6] It was written not just for performance in a Jewish setting but as a meaningful artistic vehicle for use in Holocaust awareness and education programs in schools and other venues.
I can’t imagine it.”[1][9] Notable commissions include the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (Haas Trio; Toward the Light), Meadows Foundation (Saul, King of Israel),[2] Yale University (Psalm 8), Voices of Change (Fantasy on 'The Miller's Tears'; Shema), the Dallas Holocaust Society (Ash un Flamen), and the American Conference of Cantors (Ha-Melech Ha-yosheiv (The King Who Dwells on High)).
[6] The Texas Music Teachers Association named Sargon its Commissioned Composer twice, in 1994 (Dusting Around with Scott's Rag) and 2003 (Sonic Portals).
[10] Two of Sargon's compositions are included in the Milken Archives Collection of 20th Century American Jewish Music (Shema and At Grandfather's Knee).