Distinguished Artist Professor
Bowling Green State University

• Distinguished Artist Professor (Saxophone),
  Bowling Green State Univiversity, 1977-present
• Instructor (summer), Interlochen Arts Camp, 1989-1995
• Visiting Professor, Oberlin Conservatory, 1988-1989
• Visiting Professor, Baldwin Wallace Conservatory, 1986
• Instructor, Wichita State University, 1973-1976
• Assistant Director, Evanston Township High School, 1972-1973

• Soloist at the SAI National Convention in Orlando (7/)6)
• Soloist at the Third Practice Festival in Richmond, VA (10/04)
• Soloist at Ball State New Music Festival 34 in Muncie, IN (6/04)
• Featured soloist at 13th World Saxophone Congress (7/03)
• Juried Presentation for Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic (12/02)
• Juried Presentation for OMEA in Cincinnati (3/01)
• Soloist at Biennial National NASA Conference in Denton, TX (3/01)
• Recitalist at the 12th World Saxophone Congress in Montreal, Canada (7/00)
• Soloist at the Biennial National NASA Conference in Tucson (3/00)
• Soloist at the Biennial National NASA Conference in Evanston (3/98)
• Recitalist at the 11th World Saxophone Conference in Valencia, Spain (9/97)
• Recitalist at 6th Laboratory of Contemporary Music in Bialystok, Poland (11/93)
• Soloist (Subotnick) with Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia for the l0th World Saxophone Congress in Pesaro, Italy (8/92)

	Sampen and Bunce on tour.

• Touring Soloist in New Mexico, Arizona, Hawaii (9/06)
• Clinician/Soloist in Italy (7/06)
• Touring Soloist in Colorado and Wyoming (9/05)
• Recitalist/Clinician at Ionian University 7/05
• Clinician/Soloist in Italy (5/06)
• Touring Soloist in Oregon and Washington (3/05)
• Touring Soloist in Illinois and Wisconsin (9/04)
• Recitalist/Clinician at Ionian University in Corfu, Greece (7/04)
• Soloist with Wheaton, IL Municipal Band (6/04)
• Soloist at Biennial Saxophone Alliance Conference in North Carolina (4/04)
• Guest soloist/clinician at University of Arkansas (2/04)
• Touring soloist in Italy (6/03)
• Guest recitalist/clinician at the Amsterdam & Utrecht Conservatories (11/02)
• Touring soloist in New England (9/02)
• Soloist at Italy’s Ravenna Festival (7/02)
• Recitalist/Clinician in Cyprus (6/02)
• Touring Soloist in Pennsylvania and New York (9/01)
• Clinician/Soloist in Taiwan (8/01)
• Clinician/Soloist in Italy (5/01)
• Clinician/Soloist for Three Rivers Workshop in Pittsburgh (8/01)
• Touring Soloist in North and South Carolina (2/01)
• Soloist (Shrude) with the U.S. Navy Band (1/01)
• Soloist (Milhaud) with the Toledo Symphony (9/00)
• Touring Soloist in Italy and Switzerland (5/00)
• Touring Soloist in Washington and British Columbia (11/99)
• Touring Soloist in Armenia (10/99)
• Special Guest Clinician/Recitalist at the Paris Conservatory (2/99)
• Touring Soloist in Minnesota (2/98)
• Guest recitalist at the National Concert Hall in Taipei, Taiwan (8/1/97)
• Premiere of Kleinsasser Concerto at Towson State (4/97)
• Residency at the University of Montana (2/97)
• Special guest recitalist/clinician at Furman's Clarinet/Saxophone Workshop (11/96)
• Guest recital for International Celebration at Bruno Walter Hall in New York (6/96)
• Special recitalist/clinicain at New England Saxophone Symposium in Amherst (5/96)
• Soloist/clinician at the Crane New Music Festival (4/96)
• Touring soloist in Texas and Louisiana (1/96)
• Recitalist in Mons and Brussels, Belgium (11/94)
• Touring Recitalist in Canada and Alaska (1/94)
• Guest Recitalist/Clinician at Berlin Hochschule, Warsaw Chopin Academy and at the 6th Laboratory of Contemporary Music Festival in Bialystok, Poland (11/93)
• Soloist on premiere of O'Brien Concerto at Indiana Univ. (11/93)
• Guest recitalist at New Music Chicago (4/92)

Dr. Sampen has presented over 100 master classes and workshops since 1992, including international clinics at the Amsterdam Conservatory (Holland) , the Basil Musikhochschule (Switzerland), the Fermo Conservatory (Italy), the Paris Conservatory (France), the Jaroslava Jezka Conservatory (Prague, Czech), the Spendiarian Music School (Armenia), the Institut fur Neue Musik (Berlin, Germany) Ionian University (Corfu, Greece), the Cherubini Conservatory (Florence, Italy) and the Chopin Conservatory (Warsaw, Poland).

In America, Sampen has conducted master classes at the Boston Conservatory, the Eastman School, Northwestern University, Oberlin Conservatory, the University of Michigan, Indiana University, Pennsylvania State University, the United States Navy Band Symposium, Interlochen Arts Camp and many other important universities and conservatories.

• Adjudicator for the MTNA Michigan Woodwind Competition in Lansing  (2005)
• Adjudicator for the Wm. Byrd Solo Competition in Flint, MI (2005)
• Jury member for Yellow Springs International Chamber Competition (2004)
• Jury member for Paris Conservatory Concours (2001)
• Jury member for Crane School Contemporary Music Competition (1996)
• International Jury Member for Concours Adolphe Sax in Dinant, Belgium) (1994)
• National Saxophone Competition  in Morgantown, WV (1994)
• Chamber Music America Awards (NY,NY) 1994
• MTNA Regional Competition (1993)
• National Saxophone Competition  (l992)

• "Killing Time” by Donald Freund –Arizona University Recordings (2006)
• “Equipoise” – Nova CDs (2005)
• “Shadows and Dawning” – Albany Records (2002)
• “Visions in Metaphor” – Albany Records  (2001)
• “Distant Visions” – Equilibrium records ((2001)
• “Café Music” – Innova Records (2001)
• “First Chairs” – Albany Records (1998)
• “The Electric Saxophone” – Capstone Records (1997)
• “The Contemporary Saxophone” – Neuma Records (1992)
• “New Music Virtuosi” – Capstone Records (1988)
• "American Contemporary - CRI (1975)

• Elected Distinguished Honorary Member of SAI (2006)
• Elected member of six-person Comite International de Saxophone (2000-2003)
• Past President of the North American Saxophone Alliance (1998-2001)
• BGSU Distinguished Artist Professor (1997)
• Finalist for the BGSU Olscamp Award (1993)
• Phi Kappa Phi Faculty Artist Award (1988)
• Phi Mu Alpha Faculty Excellence Award (1988)
• BGSU Faculty Excellence Award (1979)