Scholarship
The William Adam Trumpet Scholarship was established in 1998. Richard
Fanning, one of his former students, led the effort to create this fund in
honor of
Professor Adam's 80th birthday. It provides annual scholarships to
undergraduate or graduate students who are majoring in trumpet, jazz, or
music education.
The son of Andrew Walker Adam and Wilda Blose Adam, William Adam was born on
October 21, 1917 in Kansas City, Missouri. Before he graduated from Fort
Collins High School in Colorado at the age of 16, he traveled with big
bands. He continued to perform professionally while attending the University
of Denver, University of Southern California, and Pasadena Junior College.
Professor Adam graduated from Colorado State University with a Bachelor of
Music degree in performance and from the Eastman School of Music with Master
of Music degrees in theory and composition. He studied with such
world-renowned teachers as Mabel Keith Leach, Hyram Lammes, Herbert L.
Clarke, and William Vacciano. While performing with the Denver Symphony
Orchestra and the NBC Radio Orchestras, he taught high school. In Los
Angeles, he played in radio show bands and at the Paramount Theater. In 1947
he came to IU School of Music as a trumpet professor.
William Adam Trumpet Scholarship Recipients
Alessandro Ghidotti (2005)
Michael Hackett (2004)
Daniel Thomas, N. Ft. Meyers, Florida (2003)
Katharine Frew (2002)
Katharine Frew (2001)
Joseph Van Fleet (2000)
To inquire about or
contribute to the scholarship,
contact:
Lynn Lewis (dollewis@indiana.edu)
IU School of Music Development
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
Phone: 812-855-4737
Checks should be payable to the IU Foundation, with
William Adam Trumpet Scholarship written in the memo.
Those who wish to
pay by credit card may call and ask for a pledge card.
Another way to contribute to the William A. Adam Trumpet Scholarship is by making purchases at Amazon.com
through the Bill Adam Tribute Web Site via the Amazon Associate program. It's very simple. Click on the link
to Amazon.com below and any purchases made at Amazon.com within the next two hours will be paid a commission
to the Bill Adam Tribute Web Site which will go directly into the William A. Adam Trumpet Scholarship at Indiana University.
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