DANIEL ADAMS
PAST PERFORMANCES
01/10/2019
Premiere of Eulerian Circles
Dr. Brian Perez, Director of Jazz Studies at Texas Southern University, performs the world premiere of Daniel Adams' Eulerian Circles, a work Adams composed for Dr. Perez. The performance is part of the 41st annual International Saxophone Symposium on the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, VA.
01/26/2019
Premiere of Village Square
The Robinson High School Percussion Ensemble performs the world premiere of Daniel Adams' Village Square, a percussion quartet commissioned and conducted by Ensemble director Michael Garcia at the McCormick Marimba Festival at the University of South Florida, Tampa.
02/21/2019
Premiere of Quinquagenary Horizon
Guitarist Kenneth Kam performs the world premiere of Quinquagenary Horizon, a solo composed for him by Daniel Adams. The premiere is part of a program entitled “Pluck, Pluck, Pluck!” at the First Universalist Church in Rochester NY as part of the Eastman at Washington Square Thursday Lunchtime Concert Series.
03/1/2019
Performance of Of Sand And Fire
Clarinetist Keith Koons performs Daniel Adams’ Of Sand And Fire, a solo for clarinet and bass clarinet, at the University of Central Florida Music Department in Orlando.
04/11/2019
Performance of Of Sand And Fire
Clarinetist Katie Rice performs Daniel Adams' Of Sand and Fire, a solo for clarinet and bass clarinet, at the University of Texas, Tyler.
04/23/2019
Performance of Village Square
The Robinson High School Percussion Ensemble performs Daniel Adams' Village Square, a percussion quartet commissioned and conducted by Ensemble director Michael Garcia at the Robinson High School.
06/6/2019
Performance of Eulerian Circles
Performance by Trevor Davis, alto saxophone, of Eulerian Circles at the Rialto Gallery, West Monroe, Louisiana, in conjunction with the 2019 New Music on the Bayou Festival.
09/20/2019
Premiere of Recursive Dialogue
Duo Extreme, Christopher Nichols, clarinet and Joshua Watkins, percussion, premiered Recursive Dialogue, a work for clarinet and small percussion instruments in Blankenship Recital Hall at the University of Tennessee at Martin.
09/23/2019
Performance of Recursive Dialogue
Duo Extreme, Christopher Nichols, clarinet and Joshua Watkins, percussion, performed Recursive Dialogue, a work for clarinet and small percussion instruments in Mabry Concert Hall at Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, TN
09/24/2019
Performance of Recursive Dialogue
Duo Extreme, Christopher Nichols, clarinet and Joshua Watkins, percussion, performed Recursive Dialogue, a work for clarinet and small percussion instruments in Earl Hinton Music Hall at Middle Tennessee State in Murfreesbro, TN
10/07/2019
Performance of Of Sand And Fire
Clarinetist Timothy Bonenfant performed Of Sand and Fire for clarinet, bass clarinet and E-flat clarinet as part of Mr. Bonenfant’s Faculty Recital at Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX.
11/10/2019
Performance of Camaraderie for Timpani and Percussion Ensemble
University of South Florida Percussion Ensemble, Robert McCormick, Director, with Kelsey Bannon, timpani soloist, University of South Florida, Tampa Florida
10/11/2019
Performance of Of Sand And Fire
Clarinetist Timothy Bonenfant performed Of Sand and Fire for clarinet, bass clarinet and E-flat clarinet as part of the annual conference of the National Association of College Wind Instructors (NACWPI) at Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts Center, Northern Iowa University in Cedar Falls.
10/12/2019
World Premiere: Conveyance
For two bass clarinets and piano. Performed by the Laissez-Pair Duet (bass clarinetists Katie E. Rice and Shiana Montanari) and pianist Rebecca Nickles (Commissioned by the ensemble). Annual Conference of the National Association of College Wind Instructors (NACWPI), Gallagher Bluedorn Performing Arts, Northern Iowa University, Cedar Falls.
11/21/2019
Performance of Recursive Dialogue
Recursive Dialogue, a work for clarinet and percussion, performed by Duo Extreme at the Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, DE
11/22/2019
Performance of Recursive Dialogue
Performance of Recursive Dialogue by Duo Extreme
at St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church, Wilmington, DE
02/02/2018
Premiere of Muncie Mix
Duo Violet (Elizabeth Crawford, clarinet and Katrin Meidell, viola) performs the premiere of Muncie Mix on a recital at Agricola Finnish Lutheran Church in Toronto, Ontario Canada.
02/01/2018
Performance of Of Sand And Fire
LeTriel White performs Of Sand and Fire for unaccompanied clarinet as part of the Texas Southern University Faculty Performance Seminar.
03/6/2018
Performance of Talea
The Brentwood Academy Percussion Ensemble performs Talea under the direction of Joe Smyth in Brentwood, TN..
03/15/2018
Premiere of ...just ain't no such thing as dying
Percussionists Carlos Ibarra and Joseph Jackson performs the premiere of ...just ain't no such thing as dying for percussion duo at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, Durant. The duet is a tribute to the late Gregory Lenoir Allman (Greg Allman), who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band along with his brother Duane, who preceded him in death by over four decades.
03/17/2018
Performance of Reflective Variants
Marta Plominska, flute and Allen Muresan, guitar performs Refractive Variants at the Lee and Thomas Beam Music Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
03/24/2018
Performance of Pentagonal Waves
Percussionist Jared Coller performs Pentagonal Waves for timpani solo (five drums) on his Senior Recital at Valparaiso University, Indiana.
03/25/2018
Performance of Reflecting Pool
Christopher Nichols, clarinet and Christy Banks, bass clarinet performs the duet Reflecting Pool in the Gore Recital Hall at the University of Delaware , Newark, DE.
04/3/2018
Performance of Diffusion Two
The Georgia State University Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Stuart Gerber performs Diffusion Two for snare drum quartet at the Rialto Center for the Arts in Atlanta.
05/31/2018
Performance of Of Sand And Fire
Clarinetist Trevor Davis performs Of Sand And Fire for clarinet and bass clarinet at Ruston Artisans in Ruston, Louisiana as part of New Music on the Bayou.
06/7/2018
Performance of Transitory Liasons
Performance of Transitory Liasons for four bass clarinets and percussion ensemble by the Royal Northern College of Music Percussion Ensemble, Manchester, UK, conducted by faculty clarinetist Sarah Watts with the assistance of Simone Rebello, director of the RNCM percussion ensemble.
Fall 2018
Pre-Premiere of Eulerian Circles
Brian Perez, Director of Jazz Studies at Texas Southern University, Houston, performs the premiere of Eulerian Circles, an unaccompanied alto saxophone solo that Daniel Adams composed for him. The performance was part of the TSU Fall 2018 Faculty Recital.
10/8/2018
Performance of Of Sand And Fire
Performance of Of Sand and Fire by Timothy Bonenfant, clarinet, on a Faculty Recital at Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas.
10/13/2018
Performance of Congruent Verses
Oboist Andrew Nogal performs Congruent Verses for English Horn solo at the joint 2018 National Meeting of the College Music Society and the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors in Vancouver, BC, Canada.