Randy Hamm

Mr. Randy Hamm, Professor of Music, joined the faculty of Missouri State University in 1989 and teaches classical saxophone and jazz studies, and also serves as the Director of Jazz Studies and Woodwind Division Coordinator. Randy has been an artist/clinician at numerous North American Saxophone Alliance Regional, and National Conferences, The World Saxophone Congress, and the International Jazz Educators Convention. Awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Fellowship Grant, Randy has studied with Dave Liebman, Debra Richtmeyer, Jim Riggs, Dan Haerle, Jack Peterson, and Frank Mantooth. Hamm maintains an active performance schedule and his work as a composer, arranger, and featured soloist can be heard on the Arabesque, Seabreeze, and Origin/OA2 record labels. Hamm has released two solo CD’s on the Encore Music Presents (EMP) record label, “Yellow Cadenza” and “Abstract Thought.”