Students at Full Sail University have always benefited from the extensive industry experience that our instructors offer. Here's a small sampling of the instructors teaching this degree program.
A 25-year veteran of the recording industry, Michael Reaves has two Grammy nominations and is a voting member of the Recording Academy. Among his credits are 23 RIAA-certified platinum records, and projects with producers Quincy Jones, Dr. Dre, Timbaland, Rodney Jerkins, and the Neptunes. His artist credits include an array of different genres, including Marilyn Manson, Metallica, Boyz II Men, Mary J. Blige, Wu-Tang Clan, Jessica Simpson, Justin Timberlake, and Brandy. Mike has recorded and mixed in studios including New York’s Hit Factory, Unique, Quad, and Sony, and Oceanway, Conway, Larabee, Pacifique, Westlake, and the Record Plant in Los Angeles.
Michele Bunker's background includes 10 years teaching music privately and more than 25 years experience as a professional touring and performing musician in a variety of genres. Additionally, Michelle has worked at Full Sail for the past two decades coordinating artist appearances for recording sessions at the school and performing cover material for students to mix during labs. She also occasionally continues to produce recordings for local musicians. Michele's main instrument is the electric guitar, however she also performs on the acoustic guitar, bass guitar, and keyboards.
Adam Donohue began his formal music studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, where he studied Jazz Composition, Music Education, and saxophone. Immediately following his undergraduate work, he began an eight-year career in the cruise line industry as a musical director aboard various ships. In 2005, he left his full-time post on cruise lines and attended graduate school at Washington State University. As a Teaching Assistant, he directed the Jazz Big Band and taught various courses. After receiving his Master of Arts in Jazz Studies and Saxophone in 2007, he moved to Greensboro, NC, and began teaching as well as performing in and managing a touring funk/jazz ensemble. In Greensboro, Mr. Donohue also managed a recording studio and worked as an audio engineer at Notion Music Inc. He continued teaching in higher education at Elon University as an instructor in Music Technology, Arranging, and Music Business. In the fall of 2010 Mr. Donohue joined the Music Production bachelor's Music Composition team.
Dr. Stulman received his Doctor of Musical Arts and Master of Music degrees at Bowling Green State University, under the tutelage of Distinguished Artist Professor Marilyn Shrude. He has received numerous honors and awards at both national and international levels, and was recently named a winner of the New York Youth Symphony's First Music Commission. His music has been selected for performance by the Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Toledo Youth Orchestra, the International Tribuna Sax Ensemble (Madrid), and the Bowling Green State University Philharmonia. He was a featured composer in Electronic Music Midwest, the first annual Huntsville New Music Festival, and Juventas New Music Ensemble‚ Murmurs from Limbo‚ concert series.
Eric Brook is a composer, pianist, and producer, and has been incorporating music in a variety of settings and wide array of musical styles for the past two decades. Eric's music has traversed multiple new music genres including minimalism, avant-garde, free improvisation, serialized music, and electronic music, and in recent years, Eric has focused on producing electronic dance music.
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