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Sam is an in-demand teaching artist and clinician in the Chicagoland area, who specializes in woodwinds and piano. His teaching styles include a wide range of genres ranging from classical and romantic music, to more contemporary forms of early American music and jazz. While receiving his performance degree at NIU, his musical emphasis was in African-American studies, and he now regularly clinics for jazz programs at high schools and colleges in the greater Chicago area. So far in his musical career, Sam has toured with and performed with Wilco, Rachel Barton-Pine, Paquito D’ Rivera, Ernie Watts, Victor Wooten, The Wooten Brothers Band, Wycliffe Gordon and others. His personal band has also performed privately for actors including Zac Efron, Dennis Quaid, and Heather Graham. He regularly performs at music festivals including Summercamp & Summerfest during May and July.