Michael Kamphuis Email & Phone Number

Michael Kamphuis is currently the Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Conn Selmer, an Elkhart, Indiana based musical instrument manufacturer. In this role, he leads a multi-faceted sales, education, marketing and service team with the mission to create opportunities for music industry and music education to work collaboratively in support of music education worldwide.Throughout his career, Mike has held many different positions primarily in Sales and Marketing relative to band and orchestra instruments including Product Manager (Flutes and Brass instruments), Director of Marketing (Brass), and Sr. Director of Product Marketing (all band and orchestra categories) at Conn-Selmer, Inc. In the summer of 2013, Mike became the Managing Director of Conn-Selmer’s Division of Education establishing initiatives under the vision of Conn-Selmer’s Sr. Vice President of Education, Tim Lautzenheiser. In 2022 Michael was appointed Vice President of Education heading up Conn Selmer's institutional sales and services. In September 2023, Michael was appointed Vice President of Sales and Marketing. In this role, Michael manages a talented Sales, Education, Marketing and Customer Service team for North Central and South America for Band and Orchestra.Actively involved in music advocacy, Michael was appointed to the steering committee of the Indiana Arts Education Network in 2016. In addition, he is also a delegate for the National Association of Music Merchants, representing Indiana and Michigan to lobby in support of music education at the annual “Fly-In” in Washington D.C. The efforts of the NAMM Fly-In helped pass the Every Student Succeeds Act bill in December 2015. Michael is an Advisory Board Member for United Sound, a 501C3 supporting music education for students with special needs. In 2016, Michael also received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Elkhart Jazz Festival and the Distinguished Service Award from the Historically Black Colleges and Universities National Band Directors Consortium. In 2018 he received the Distinguished Alumni Award for Achievement from the University of Wisconsin at Parkside. In 2021 Michael was inducted as an honorary member to the Minority Band Directors National Association and the HBCU National Band Directors Consortium. In 2022, Michael received the President's Award at Conn-Selmer. Michael resides in Schoolcraft, Michigan with his wife Sarah and two daughters, Sadie and Norah.

Listed skills include Music, Orchestral Music, Music Education, Brass, and 17 others.

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  University Of Wisconsin-Parkside

  Music Performance-Trumpet