A native of Conyers, Georgia, Sam Skelton has been active on the Atlanta music scene for well over a decade. Mr. Skelton 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 Oliverio's 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. In both public and private performances, Sam can be heard with his own quartet Drive Time as well as many of Atlanta's finest musicians.

With a discography of over 100 compact discs, Sam remains very active in the studio and can be heard on recordings by such artists as: Matchbox 20, The Gap Band and The Ohio Players. Television and radio jingles include Ford, The Cartoon Network, CNN, Nature's Own, Popeye's, Papa John's and Turner South. Television appearances include In the Heat of the Night, Savannah and Sinbad's Summer Jam II on HBO. Sam is Professor of Saxophone at Georgia State University and Kennesaw State University, Georgia Institute of Technology as the director of “Jazz Band Too” and Furman University as visiting Professor of Saxophone for the 2001-2002 academic year. Sam Skelton is proud to be a Yamaha Performing Artist.

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