Director Biography
Mr. Sample is the band and choir director at Northern Granville Middle School. Prior to working at Northern Granville, Mr. Sample has worked in the Hickory Public Schools as a middle school and high school band director from 1998 to 2001 and was the band director at South Granville High School from 2005 through 2014. The South Granville Band program has grown from 16 members to over 50 students during his tenure. Bands under the direction of Mr. Sample have consistently earned excellent and superior ratings at state and regional music performance adjudication events. The SGHS band marched in front of 70,000 people at Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom on New Year's Eve this past year. The South Granville Winter Drumline earned championship titles in the Atlantic Indoor Association Conference during the 2013 and 2014 seasons under his direction. Mr. Sample has been a semi-finalist in several international solo and quartet competitions and can heard performing on several Grammy nominated recordings.