{"title":"Phil E. Hamm","description":"As far back as I can remember, my only interest as a livelihood has been in writing, performing, arranging or teaching music. My music education began in grade school and by the time I was in high school, I was participating in everything I could in the school music department. In college, at Austin Peay State University and Indiana State University, I earned a B.S. in Music Education, while performing in as many instrumental and vocal ensembles as possible. After graduation, I spent the next 20 years as a professional musician mostly in the Houston, Texas area. I retired from stage in 1994 and began my private teaching career. During that same time, I was busy co-writing songs to be re- corded and making notational arrangements for my students. After moving to Indiana, I was first published in 2007 by Neil A. Kjos Music Company in the \"Hymns I Know\" series. In 2012, Kjos published my first piano book for begin- ners \"Merry Christmas From Middle C\". In 2013, Kjos published \"Ragtime and Blues\" books one and two. In 2014, I self-published \"Give God the Glory\" books one and two, patterned after \"Merry Christmas from Middle C\". Now in 2015, I have self-published \"Jazzy Christmas Arrangements\",\"Jazzy Hymn Arrange- ments\" books one and two all meant for the intermediate church pianist. I am still teaching, performing and looking forward to future publishing projects.","products":[],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/phil-e-hamm.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}