Dr. Samantha Angstman is a pianist and teacher based in Williston, Vermont. As a performer, she is especially interested in 20th-century American piano music, particularly music by women composers. Sammy earned her Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees in piano performance from Stony Brook University, where her principal teachers were Gilbert Kalish and Christina Dahl. During her time at Stony Brook, Sammy served the music department in a variety of roles including teaching undergraduate-level applied piano, keyboard skills, and musicianship courses and coordinating the graduate music department’s annual Piano Project. She was a recipient of the Staller Scholar Award and was fortunate to have had coachings with many of the faculty at Stony Brook, including members of the Emerson String Quartet.
Prior to her graduate studies at Stony Brook, Sammy earned her Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance at the New England Conservatory of Music. Sammy grew up in Williston and started taking piano lessons when she was seven. She has fond memories of her musical upbringing in Vermont and is very happy to have moved back to the area. In addition to running a teaching studio based in Williston and Hinesburg, Sammy works at the United Church of Hinesburg as the organist and pianist for Sunday services and is staff accompanist at St. Michael’s College.
Prior to her graduate studies at Stony Brook, Sammy earned her Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance at the New England Conservatory of Music. Sammy grew up in Williston and started taking piano lessons when she was seven. She has fond memories of her musical upbringing in Vermont and is very happy to have moved back to the area. In addition to running a teaching studio based in Williston and Hinesburg, Sammy works at the United Church of Hinesburg as the organist and pianist for Sunday services and is staff accompanist at St. Michael’s College.