Biography
Professor Sam Broomell was appointed Assistant Professor of Music Education, Director of Bands and Division Coordinator of Instrumental Music at Palm Beach Atlantic University in 2024. He previously served as Director of the Johns Hopkins University Wind Ensemble, Assistant Conductor of the Peabody Institute Wind Ensemble and Assistant Conductor of the Franklin & Marshall College Orchestra and Symphonic Wind Ensemble. He has served as an instructor and graduate assistant in conducting, music theory, aural skills and music education.
He has conducted ensembles across the United States, including the United States Army Field Band, The Soldiers’ Chorus, The Delaware Winds, The Newfound Chamber Winds, The Allegretto Orchestra of Lancaster, The Rockville Concert Band and The Hunt Valley Wind Ensemble. Sam previously taught K-12 music and has served as a clinician and arranger for high school music programs across the country.
As both a performer and scholar, Sam’s past research has included “A Conductor’s Guide to Olivier Messiaen’s Et Exspecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum,” “Music and Philosophy: A survey of the philosophical approaches to music analysis from Greek Antiquity through the twentieth century,” and “Identity constructed through choir: The Welsh male chorus during the Nonconformist movement.”
Sam was awarded the 2024 American Prize in Conducting in the College and University Band division. He was selected to participate in the Tidewater Conducting Competition and Fellowship. He reached the semi-final round for a Fulbright Study and Research Grant to Cardiff University, Wales and was a semi-finalist in the National Youth British Brass Band of Great Britain Conducting Competition.
With a desire to bring glory to the Lord through song, Sam has served as a worship director for churches in Florida, Maryland and Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of the Timothy Foundation Fellows program, a leadership training program committed to raising up the next generation of Christian leaders. His hobbies include running, snow skiing, trying new foods and traveling.
Degrees
DMA-ABD in Wind Conducting; Music Theory Pedagogy, John’s Hopkins University/Peabody Conservatory | MMus in Wind Conducting, John’s Hopkins University/Peabody Conservatory | BA in Music; Business. Organizations, and Society, Franklin & Marshall College