Join us for an unforgettable evening of jazz with pianist Sam Chandler and trumpeter Max Robbins!

Sam Chandler is a pianist, composer, and educator from Duluth, Minnesota. Beginning piano lessons at age 5, Sam studied classical piano with Suzuki Instructors Denise Lindquist and John McLaird. He later gained an interest in Jazz and began lessons with Jazz pianist and UMD Music Department Chair Ryan Frane, while still in high school. Sam also participated in the Minnesota Music Educators Association (MMEA) All-State Jazz Ensemble, Interlochen Center for the Arts’ Jazz and Improvisation Camp, and Shell Lake Arts Center’s Jazz Camp in addition to his high school’s Jazz band, which won the Eau Clair Jazz Festival’s Big Band Class AA Competition in 2019. 

An RSMI Jazz Program alumnus and Berklee College of Music graduate, Sam’s most recent activities include continuing his education at the Eastman School of Music, where he is pursuing a Master’s Degree in Jazz Studies with an emphasis on Jazz Writing. Currently, he holds teaching assistant positions at the Eastman School of Music, is the Jazz Teaching Fellow at Interlochen’s Jazz and Improvisation Camp under the direction of Chris Glassman, and is a member of the board for JAM Concert Series, a non-profit organization aimed at highlighting the vibrant Jazz community in the Duluth-Superior area.

Max Robbins is a professional trumpet player, pianist, composer, theatre teaching artist, and music educator based in Rochester. He grew up immersed in both classical and jazz traditions, earning an honors diploma from the Eastman Community Music School while studying with Eastman School of Music faculty and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra musicians. As a student, Max served as principal trumpet of the NYSSMA All-State and NAfME All-National Orchestras and played in the Brevard Music Center Orchestra and Boston University Tanglewood Institute Young Artist Orchestra.

An active member of the Rochester music scene, Max frequently performs with Eastman School of Music faculty and local musicians. His performance credits include the Rochester International Jazz Festival, the Lilypad Inman in Cambridge, Harvard University, Berklee College of Music, and the pit orchestra at Rochester’s Geva Theatre Center.

Max teaches trumpet privately and is an instructor for the Eastman Community Music School’s New Horizons jazz band. He has also worked as a teaching artist at the American Repertory Theater in Cambridge, MA, and at OFC Creations Theatre in Rochester. He holds a degree in Psychology and Trumpet Performance from Carnegie Mellon University and a master’s in Human Development and Arts in Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

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