Applauded by The Strad for his “brilliant and compelling programming,” bassist Sam Suggs was named Concert Artists Guild’s New Music/New Places Fellow at the 2016 CAG International Competition and received an award for Extraordinary Creativity at the 2017 Bradetich Foundation International Double Bass Competition.
A paradigm-shifting performer-composer, Sam was named ‘New Artist of the Month’ (October 2015) by Musical America after winning 1st place at the 2015 International Society of Bassists Solo Competition while performing many original works.
As a collaborative bassist, he has performed at the Mostly Mozart Festival, Yellow Barn, Chamber Music Northwest, Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and with the Argus Quartet, PUBLIQuartet and his contemporary/jazz trio Triplepoint.

A native of Buffalo, NY, Sam spends his time between the Northeast and the Shenandoah Valley performing with various chamber, crossover, and contemporary groups, and teaching full-time as Assistant Professor of Bass at James Madison University.