About Me
Hi, I'm Sam. Welcome to my website! I am a I am a classically-trained tenor and voice teacher in the Salt Lake City area.
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I am in my last year of my MM degree program (Vocal Performance & Pedagogy) at the University of Utah, where I sing in the Graduate Quartet. My recent operatic performances include Albert Herring with Chicago Summer Opera; Last year at Utah I was involved in the orchestral world premiere of A.L.I.C.E. by Amy Scurria, Amahl and the Night Visitors, and A Christmas Carol. This year with the University I will be performing my first Rodolfo (!!!) as well as revisiting the role of Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus.
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In addition to singing, I love to play piano (Lego and real), drum set, guitars, and trombone. I encourage my students to learn as many instruments as they can! My original music can be found under the artist name Sam'l on Bandcamp and wherever you stream music:
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Some of my musical inspirations include Floating Points, Oneohtrix Point Never, Mozart, Pat Metheny Group, Lyle Mays, John Mayer, Vulfpeck, Hiromi Uehara, Puccini, Jose Carreras, Chopin, Ravel, Billy Joel, Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim, Howard Shore, John Williams, Herbie Hancock, Roger Quilter, Mendelssohn, Vaughan-Williams, Francis Poulenc, Jussi Bjorling, Massenet, Brahms, Eric Whitacre, Ola Gjello, Debussy, Faure, Stravinsky, Koji Kondo, Nobuo Uematsu, Samuel Barber, Pasek/Paul, James Taylor, Tigran Hamasyan, Moonchild, Dirty Loops, Louis Cole, Jacob Collier, Fleet Foxes, AND SO MANY MORE!
