Last updated 05 /20/2008 RECENT PERFORMANCES
ANNOUNCEMENT
Concerto for Timpani, Percussion and Winds has been released on a Capstone Records CD entitled Pipes and Drums, New Concertos for Unusual Instruments. It will be listed on the Capstone Records website soon.
Where Does It End? a piece Daniel Adams composed for Houston-based tenor Jason Oby received its world premiere on "A Long Way from
Home", a concert remembering the homeless on May 18, 2008 at the First Unitarian Universalist Church in Houston,Texas. Dr. Oby was accompanied by pianist Bob Fazakerly.
Concerto for Timpani, Percussion and Windswas performed at the Sam Houston State University 46th. Annual Contemporary Music Festival on April 18, 2008. The piece was performed by the SHSU Wind Ensemble conducted by Fred Grigg. The solo timpanist was Joe Beam.
Concerto for Marimba and Percussion Ensemblewas performed at the Pacific Northwest/Rocky Mountain Super Regional Conference at the University of Montana (Missoula). The performance was conducted by Dr. Robert LedBetter. The marimba soloist was University of Montana percussion student Cody Hollow.04/11/08
Distancias Cambiantesfor string orchestra received its world premiere at the Jack C. Bradley Scholarship held on the campus of Texas Southern University, April 6, 2008. The composition was performed by the TSU Orchestra conducted by Professor Anne Lundy. Adams composed the piece especially for Prof. Lundy and the TSU Orchestra for the occasion of Fine Arts Week, 04/06/08.
Diffusion One for marimba quintet was premiered in Tampa, Florida by the University of South Florida marimba Ensemble, conducted by Robert McCormick. The concert was part of the Marimba Magic Festival held at USF on 01/26/08. The performance was repeated on March 3.
Two Antiphonal Portraitsfor percussion ensemble was performed in Tampa, Florida by the University of South Florida Percussion Ensemble, conducted by Robert McCormick 11/19/07 and in Baton Rouge by Hamiruge, the Louisiana State University Percussion Ensemble, conducted by Emory Blake, 11/28/07.
Concerto for Marimba and Percussion Ensemble was performed in Flushing , New York by the Aaron Copland School of Music Percussion Ensemble, conducted by Michael Lipsey, 11/16/07. The concert was part of the New Music Festival jointly-sponsored by Society of Composers, Inc. and the Long Island Composers Alliance .
OTHER RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
Motet, a movement from DanielAdams's Performance Studies for Two Snare Drums has been recorded onTimpanum Ubiquitas,a CD of music for snare drum published byHoneyRock.
Daniel Adams is serving as the Chair of the Board of Directors for the National Association of Composers, USA during during the 2008 calendar year.NACUSA.
The Solo Snare Drum: A Critical Analysis of Contemporary Compositional Techniques, originally published by HoneyRock, has been republished by Daniel Adams,the author. It is available from Steve Weiss Music.
Daniel Adams received an ASCAPLUS Award from the American Society of Composers, Authors,and Publishers for 2007-08.
The library of the Percussive Arts Society,located in Lawton, Oklahoma, has established the Daniel Adams Collection. The collection is an archive consisting of the composer's sketches, notes, and several original manuscripts. Additional information is available at the PAS website
Percussive Arts Society