ABOUT SAM
I have a B. F. A. in Musical Theatre from Ball State University and am currently pursuing a B. S. in Music Education at MSUM, planning to graduate this winter. I have taught guitar independently since 2015, and have worked 3 summers teaching theatre at FMCT. I have also coached competitive speech at Moorhead High School.
One of the best performance experiences I've ever had was my senior year at Ball State. One of the classes we got to participate in was a cabaret class, and for the final performance of that class we got to perform the songs we worked on at Joe's Pub in NYC. Sutton Foster, who is now performing in The Music Man on Broadway opposite Hugh Jackman, came in as a guest teacher just to teach that class, so I got to work on all of these songs with her one-on-one and ended up performing one of the songs as a duet with her well-renowned musical director Michael Rafter. Another really amazing experience was my senior year of high school, when I got to perform in Spring Awakening at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland.
SAM'S MUSIC
I am a song-writer and have posted many originals and covers on my Instagram!
WHAT SAM DOES FOR FUN
Other than music and teaching, my greatest love is yoga! I am a yoga teacher at Downtown Yoga. I also love running; I am currently training to run my first full marathon at the end of May! Other than music, meditation and physical activity, I am also trying to learn Japanese!
I have a B. F. A. in Musical Theatre from Ball State University and am currently pursuing a B. S. in Music Education at MSUM, planning to graduate this winter. I have taught guitar independently since 2015, and have worked 3 summers teaching theatre at FMCT. I have also coached competitive speech at Moorhead High School.
One of the best performance experiences I've ever had was my senior year at Ball State. One of the classes we got to participate in was a cabaret class, and for the final performance of that class we got to perform the songs we worked on at Joe's Pub in NYC. Sutton Foster, who is now performing in The Music Man on Broadway opposite Hugh Jackman, came in as a guest teacher just to teach that class, so I got to work on all of these songs with her one-on-one and ended up performing one of the songs as a duet with her well-renowned musical director Michael Rafter. Another really amazing experience was my senior year of high school, when I got to perform in Spring Awakening at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland.
SAM'S MUSIC
I am a song-writer and have posted many originals and covers on my Instagram!
WHAT SAM DOES FOR FUN
Other than music and teaching, my greatest love is yoga! I am a yoga teacher at Downtown Yoga. I also love running; I am currently training to run my first full marathon at the end of May! Other than music, meditation and physical activity, I am also trying to learn Japanese!