About Me
A native of Conyers, Georgia, Sam Skelton has been active on the Atlanta music scene since 1987. Sam graduated summa cum laude from Georgia State University and the private studio of Tony Carere with a degree in Jazz Studies. During his course of study at GSU, Sam was a Montgomery Music Scholar and a two-time fellowship recipient to the Aspen Music Festival. He continued his saxophone studies with Kenneth Radnofsky at Boston University in 1991. As a woodwind doubler, Skelton is well versed in any genre of music. His grasp of saxophone, clarinet and flute has enabled him to remain very busy in live performance as well as in the studio. Sam has performed and/or soloed with The London Symphony Orchestra, The Atlanta Symphony, The Atlanta Pops, The Peachtree Pops, The Atlanta Ballet Orchestra and The Cobb Symphony Orchestra as well as numerous local high school and civic ensembles. World Premiers include James Oliverios Children of A Common Mother, Lee Johnson’s Ora Pro Mi: Concerto for Winds Soloist (clarinet, flute and soprano saxophone) and Seaside Symphony (clarinet and soprano saxophone soloist). Sam also played the premier recording of Ora Pro Mi and Seaside Symphony with the London Symphony Orchestra. With a discography of over 120 compact discs, Sam remains very active in the studio and can be heard on recordings by such artists as: Elton John, Train, Matchbox 20, The Gap Band and The Ohio Players. Television and radio jingles include Aqua Teen Hunger Force Movie, Turner Classic Movies, The Weather Channel, The Travel Channel, Ford, The Cartoon Network, CNN, Natures Own, Popeye’s, Papa Johns and Turner South. Television appearances include In the Heat of the Night, Savannah and Sinbad’s Summer Jam II on HBO. Sam is Director of Jazz Studies at Kennesaw State University, a member of the R & B band The Neon’s and a member of the Praise and Worship team at The Church Of The Apostles in Atlanta.
