Around 2017 I started realizing I got way more interaction from social media than my personal website! So - if you’re so inclined, the best way to keep up with me is via Instagram. Follow me @mshults41 for a potpourri of student-doting, gig-promoting, clip-sharing, pictures of sporting events that almost no one else cares about, and jejune coffee pics.

Happy first day of high school to my awesome niece @mdynck! That really escalated quickly… 😭😭😭
Had an awesome time in St. Louis the last 36 hours! 1.) Some of “Clear The Air” by @clintashlock with the killer rhythm section of @bobdeboobass, @emanuelharrold, and @adam_maness 2.) Playing a tune with one of my favorite people and
St. Louis friends! I’m playing at the Dark Room at the Grandel this Wednesday night 8/31 6-9 PM with the great @bobdeboobass, Adam Maness on piano, and Emmanuel Harrold on drums. This will be my first time playing in St. Louis since a couple of
Playing on the patio at @southpointgrocery this Saturday 12-2 PM with my man @tedludwigjazz on the guitar. The weather looks to be splendid, and the deli inside makes my favorite sandwiches in the city, so come grab a bite and enjoy your weekend lu
Happy birthday, Bobby! I am proud to be a branch of your tree and I owe you everything.
First day of year NINE of college teaching (what??) and year FIVE at @uofmscheidt (also what??). Going into the year with some inspiration from Scheidt School past and present at my quartet’s gig this weekend at @crosstownconcourse / @crosstown
Three gigs in Memphis this weekend; catch all three and win this ill-advised women’s saxophone tee I saw in the window of a Beale St. gift shop! Saturday 12-2 PM I’ll be playing with James Sexton, Alvie Givhan, and Liam O’Dell in t
Happy fourth Memphiversary to me. I love it here.
Cleaning out the closets and found these from 2008 and 2014 😅
@i_paint_with_music Appreciation Post! When I moved to Memphis four years ago one of the driving forces for me was the chance to teach in a place where my students could have living and breathing professional role models in their backyard, much like
It’s @jennyfae’s birthday in three hours! She’s easily a Tank 10, a very happy pizza, at least 5/6ths of a human, my favorite Denver Nuggets fan, a superlative dancer, and maybe one day I’ll get her to look at me like she look
Fired up to be flying to Indiana today to record with Coalescent Quartet! This week is one of two sessions we have scheduled to lay down our first album. Can’t wait to see the cats again, and grateful for Hunter Bockes from @noissaxophone for l
Thanks to my man @tedludwigjazz and the great Joel Frahm for inviting me up to play a couple last night - what a rush! This one might need to be framed for the office wall. Voice memo c/o @joshua_gaudin Photo credit George Surber #umemphissax
Somehow after nearly four years of friendship these first two frames are the only photo evidence of @joerondone and me ever existing in the same vicinity despite Joe being a professional photojournalist. Joe made Memphis better through his superlativ