Office: Losekamp 20
Office hours, Spring term 2009: MWF, 8:30-9:15a, or by appointment
Phone: (406) 657-1113
Email:
sam.hamm@rocky.edu

Samuel J. Hamm, Jr. (b. 1968) is a composer of acoustic, electroacoustic, and mixed-media music within a variety of genres including concert music, theatre, and dance. Sam completed a PhD in Music Composition in 2005 at the University of Florida, where his dissertation advisor was James Paul Sain. Sam also holds a BM in Composition from the University of Alabama (1991) and a MM in Composition from the University of Florida (1995). In addition, Sam studied composition with Cort Lippe at the University of Buffalo. Currently, Sam holds the position of Assistant Professor of Music at Rocky Mountain College in Billings, MT, where he teaches music theory, music history, composition, counterpoint, and low brass, and he has held prior teaching positions at the University of Florida and the University of Louisiana in Lafayette. Professional affiliations include the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP), Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI), Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS), and the College Music Society (CMS).