Sam Holmstock
40 Chase Rd, East Sandwich MA 02537
508-728-3943
sam@entrain.com

Bachelor of Music – Composition, Berklee College of Music
Boston,Massachusetts
Post Graduate Studies – Composition and Improvisation, Creative Music Studio, Woodstock, New York Taught by: Karl Berger, Anthony Braxton, Roscoe Mitchell, Joseph Jarman

Escuela Nacional De Arte, Havana Cuba, 2006, Dance, Percussion and Ensemble Studies

World Percussion Studies in Djembe
Taught by: Ibrahima Camara - Senegal, Stone Montgomery - United States, Baba Olatunji - Nigeria, Ladji Camara - Senegal, Sidy Maiga – Mali, Mohamed Kamara – Guinea.

World Percussion Studies in Conga
Taught by: Jerry Gonzales - New York, Roberto Borrell - Cuba, Louis    Romero - San Francisco, John Amira - New York, Alejandro Guerra - Havana, Robin Lobe - New York, Ray Nunzi - Atlantic City

World Percussion Studies Shekere
Taught by: Madeleine Yayodele Nelson (Women of the Calabash) - New York

Private Lesson and Group Instructor
Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts (1984 - 2000)

Founder/Teacher, Die Kunst Der Drum -  Community Folkloric Drum Ensemble
Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts (1986 - 1998)

Founding Member and Conga/Djembe/Trombone Player, ENTRAIN 
Internationally Recognized World Beat Ensemble (1993 - Present) 

Presenter, ENTRAIN World Rhythms in Pop Music Workshops
Private and Public Schools throughout the United States and China (2000 - Present)

Accompanist and Instructor for African Dance and Drumming
Cape Cod Community College, Barnstable MA, 09 Spring Semester

Instructor of Afro-Latin Percussion
Cotuit Center For The Arts, Cotuit MA, Spring 09 Semester.

Accompanist and Instructor for Cape Cod African Dance and Drum Ensemble
www.capecodafricandanceanddrum.com

Guest Lecturer in Anthropology
Lassell College, Newton MA, 11/09
The Influence of African and Afro-Caribbean Culture on American Vernacular Music