DANIEL ADAMS
2020 Performances
1/18/2020
Premiere of Sawtooth Squared
World premiere of Sawtooth Squared, for double reed duo. Performed by Andrew Nogal, oboe and English Horn, and Ben Roidl Ward, bassoon and contrabassoon.
Holtschneider Performance Center, Chicago, IL
2/18/2020
Performance of Eulerian Circles
John Fahlund performs Eulerian Circles for alto saxophone solo.
Luella Bennack Music Center, San Antonio, TX
3/7/2020
Performance of Recursive Dialogue
Duo Extreme: Christopher Nichols, clarinet and Joshua Watkins, percussion, perform
Recursive Dialogue for clarinet and percussion.
Temple University (Philadelphia, PA)
3/12/2020
Performance of Village Square
The University of Central Arkansas Percussion Ensemble under the direction of Blake Tyson perform
Village Square, for percussion quartet.
Snow Fine Arts Center, Conway, Arkansas
9/17/2020
Performance of Conveyance
Performance of Conveyance for two bass clarinets and piano. 2020 Summer Veiller Virtual Concert presented by New Music on the Bayou, Monroe, LA. Trevor Davis and Scot Humes, bass clarinets, and Richard Seiler, piano.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfrAIM5hYA4&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR0iivBNfbhUPG3leEAJqi3-ASCAabYokoab-fWlcvb6vQEfxbqNpYZY1uo
11/20/2020
Premiere of Elusive Rounds
World premiere of Elusive Rounds, for two glockenspiels. Performed by Percussionists Robert McCormick and William Brown. University of South Florida Virtual Concert Series. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qPoxZj_NBo&t=51s
12/1/2020
Premiere of Limitless Out Of The Dusk
Pianist Yan Shen performed the world premiere of Adams’ solo work "Limitless Out of the Dusk" on the second virtual concert of the “No Time for Silence” concert series organized by the Texas New Music Ensemble. The title of the piece quotes a line from Walt Whitman’s epic poem “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”. Whitman wrote the lengthy poem in the summer of 1865 as a eulogy to Abraham Lincoln. The Youtube link of the entire concert will be available until April 30,2021:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jef7xQtUwMU
2019 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.
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.
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
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