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Staff:
Principal David Payne
Professor Mike Sartain
Professor Greg Midgley
 
 

PROFESSOR MICHAEL SARTAIN

Since his early teen years, starting with his father Gene Sartain's family band (Gene was coincidentally David's 7th-9th grade concert band director), Mike has played in, composed for, and directed countless ensembles and continues to do do. Mike studied teaching with David at PGSORM for years and then under David at Rock'n'Roll Academy since 2008.

Mike teaches guitar, bass, drums, vocals, composition, and directs and plays in the duet and trio ensembles.

Here's a link:
Starmy with Mike singing and playing guitar.
Mike Sartain solo project.
Some other groups you might have seen him with are Pleasure Thieves and Glinting Gems B Squad on the drums.
 
 

MEDIA
LISTEN TO SOME OF THE STUDENT'S WORK!

 
City Weekly did this tiny piece on us featuring
some of our adult students.

Star student Brian Torres finished an EP of his music entirely at the school! Have a listen:

 

 
Some clips from a recent show at Mo's Bar and Grill

For a light taste of the school, here's some excerpts from a past feature on Big Buddha's "Cool School" section of the Fox 13 Good Day Utah Show.

 

(click links to hear MP3s)

Class Act performing their original hit "Tiger Claw"

Class Act performing their original hit "You Sunk My Battleship"

Purple Ambitions performing their original hit "Roseville"

Class Act performing their original hit "Rare Highs"

Depraved Indifference performing their original hit "Stab Stab"

Class Act performing their original hit "Storytime"

Class Act performing their original hit "Rich Man's War"

Depraved Indifference performing the Wolfs hit "The Baroness"

Class Act performing the Purr Bats hit "Omit-o-Matic"

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For a light taste of the school, here's some excerpts from a past feature on Big Buddha's "Cool School" section of the Fox 13 Good Day Utah Show.