Bio

EDUCATION AND STUDY

• High School - Ft. Collins, Colorado (graduated at age 16)
  
• Pasadena Jr. College (California)
  
• University of Southern California (USC)
  
• Denver University
  
• University of Colorado, B.M. in Trumpet (1941)
  
• Eastman School of Music, M.M. in Music Theory (1947-48)
  M.M. in Composition
  
• (Also: within a few hours of having degrees in Psychology and in English Literature.)
  

TRUMPET TEACHERS

• Harold Mitchell
• Herbert L. Clarke
• Hyram Lammes
• John Leick
• Louis Maggio
• Mabel Keith Leach
• William Vacciano

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

• Public Schools in Rifle, Colorado
• Public Schools in Englewood, Colorado
• San Francisco State College
• Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana (starting 1946)
• Retired as Professor of Music from Indiana University in 1988

PERFORMING AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Don Macs Orchestra
• Los Angeles Philharmonic (substitute)
• California Orchestra (substitute)
• Freelance Trumpet in the Los Angeles area (including radio shows, Ice shows, etc.)
• Freelance Trumpet in the Denver, Colorado area K.O.A. Radio Station
• Denver Symphony
• Professional arranger

Trumpet clinics

• U.C.L.A
• University of Illinois
• University of Nevada
• Appalachian State University
• California State University in Chico (1982)
• University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
• University of Alaska
• Performed and lectured at the first (ITG) International Trumpet Guild meeting (1975)
  

Video taped presentations

• University of Alaska (Video tape series to be released soon)
• Taped show for Public/Educational TV, Las Vegas, Nevada
• Video tape series for the California State University in Chico
  (topics included The Acoustics of the Trumpet and Gestalt Psychology)

ARTICLES

• Series of Articles on arranging for the School Musician
• ITG lecture published in Charles Colin's New York Brass Journal (1975)

ADAM STUDENTS HAVE PERFORMED WITH THE FOLLOWING ORCHESTRAS

ADAM STUDENTS HAVE PERFORMED WITH THE FOLLOWING COMMERCIAL BANDS, RECORDING ARTISTS, TOURS AND SHOWS

ADAM STUDENTS HAVE BEEN MUSIC FACULTY MEMBERS WITH THE FOLLOWING SCHOOLS

• Appalachian State University - Boone, NC
• Bradley University - IL
• California State University, Chico
• Capitol University - Ohio
• Citrus Community College in Glendora, CA
• Indiana University - Bloomington, IN
• Kutztown University in Kutztown, PA
• Leeward Community College - Pearl City, Hawaii
• Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon
• Miami University - Ohio
• Northeast Missouri State University
• Northern State University - Aberdeen, South Dakota
• Northwest Missouri State University
• Ohio State University
• Oklahoma City University
• University of Alaska
• University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music - Ohio
• University of North Florida
• University of Oklahoma
• University of South Florida
• University of Western Ontario - London, Ontario, CANADA
• University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
• Whitworth College - Spokane, Washington
• Wright State University - Ohio