Dr. Savage's services include 30, 45, and 60-minute in-person and virtual lessons. He is also available for master classes.
Dr. Sam Savage is a tenor whose varied performance experience includes opera, oratorio, musical theater, and recitals. Dr. Savage was the winner of the Virginia Music Teachers Concerto Competition, the A. Eli and Esther Nisenfeld Award for Outstanding Tenor, and a finalist in the Richard Tauber International Competition for Tenors. He has appeared with the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera's
national tour, Operafestival di Roma, Virginia Opera, Sarasota Opera, Maryland Opera Studio, and Western Plains Opera. Dr. Savage made his Carnegie Hall debut in 1996 performing the tenor solos in works by Leonard Bernstein and Adolphus Hailstork. Dr. Savage, retired associate professor of music, served the Purdue Fort Wayne School of Music as director of voice for thirteen years. His other academic appointments included: the University of Texas at Arlington, Longwood University, University of Richmond, and University of Virginia
Dr. Savage's students have been accepted at prestigious graduate programs around the country. His students have been consistent winners in competition and have appeared with world-renowned opera companies, on and off Broadway, and in Hollywood films and TV productions. Dr. Savage's previous teachers include the late Maestro Franco Corelli, Linda Mabbs, and Dr. Kenneth Bowles.