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).
