LEARN WITH SAMUEL
Do you want to learn how to score a short film? How to produce singer-songwriter music? How to make a podcast from start to finish?
Samuel teaches one-on-one remote lessons in composing, music theory, writing music for short films, producing singer-songwriter songs, producing podcasts, and violin (beginning violin, intermediate violin).
If you want to grow as a composer, producer, or violin performer, sign up for lessons below!
Please note that Samuel’s lessons only include family-friendly content.
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Samuel Jenkins, M.M. is an online music educator, with three years of experience in teaching private lessons / tutoring students in music. He has taught private lessons in a variety of subjects including violin, viola, beginning piano, composition, and music theory. Institutions he has taught lessons at / tutored at include Houghton University, The Oaks Classical Christian Academy, and Amend Music.
Samuel is a Spokane-based American composer and performing musician with experience crafting scores for short films, trailers, full-length stage plays, concert performances, and more, as well as branding music for companies. In 2022 he was one of the top five nationwide winners of the Technology In Music Education (TI:ME) “music notation” graduate student category. His portfolio includes collaborations with orchestras and choirs such as the New York based Houghton Symphonic Orchestra and the Eastern Washington University Choir.
Samuel holds a Bachelor of Music in Composition from Eastern Washington University and a Master of Music in Composition from Houghton University; at Houghton University he studied composition with Grammy-nominated Carnegie Hall composer Dr. Carrie Magin. He trained in media scoring in the New York University “BMI 2022 TV Scoring Workshop” and “BMI 2022 Advertising Scoring Workshop.”
A classically trained violinist, Samuel furthered his violin instruction in his Bachelors and Masters degrees, at Houghton University studying with Julliard violinist Dr. Soo Yeon Kim. He has since performed on violin and viola at various venues and events including the Spokane Convention Center, The Salvation Army Kroc Center, Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral, and the Houghton University 2022 Commencement Ceremony.