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Adam Silverman, Banjo

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Professor of music composition and theory at West Chester University, Adam Silverman (b. 1973, Atlanta, GA) is a composer of music for concert performance. Many of his works have entered the standard canon of percussion ensemble literature, including the quartets “Quick Blood,” “The Cruel Waters” and “Spiderweb Lead,” the octet “Sparklefrog,” and sextet “Naked And On Fire.” In the past decade, his work composing for wind symphony has produced several works for percussion soli with wind ensembles, starting with the widely-performed marimba concerto “Carbon Paper and Nitrogen Ink” and including works with drum kit soloist (“Zipzap”), a double concerto for two percussionists (“The Rule of Five”) and “Speaking Truth To Power, 2018” for four percussionists and wind band. His other works for winds include “Alien Robots Unite!,” “Raining Bricks,” “Hard Knocks,” and the saxophone concerto “Alternating Current,” which was premiered with Timothy McAllister as soloist. In addition to these works for percussion and wind ensemble, Silverman’s catalog also includes works for chamber ensemble, orchestra, and opera, and have been performed worldwide by such ensembles as The New York City Opera, The Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra, The Opera Company of Brooklyn, Eighth Blackbird, The Corigliano Quartet, and The Prism Quartet. He also composed the score for “Little Fiel,” which blends stop-motion animation with filmed documentary; in 2018, this film had 50 screenings in 15 countries, winning many awards including Best Original Music at the Oregon Documentary Film Festival. 

Three full-CD recordings of Silverman's music are available and individual compositions of his have also appeared on CDs by the Temple University Wind Symphony, Prism Saxophone Quartet, cellist Amy Sue Barston, Trio Kavak, The Florida State University Percussion Ensemble, and others, all of which are widely available online. 
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Educated at Yale (Doctor of Musical Arts, 2003), The Vienna Musikhochschule (1994-1995) and in private study with microtonal composer Ben Johnston, Silverman is now an Old-Time fiddle music enthusiast, performing as an amateur on banjo and mandolin.

Website:  AdamBSilverman.com

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  • Home
  • About Us
    • Note From Amy & Kevin
    • About ChamberFest Canandaigua
    • Mission Statement
    • CFC Staff
    • Festival Photos >
      • CFC 2022 - Festival Musicians
      • CFC 2022 - Music of Wine
      • CFC 2022 - A Night To Remember
      • CFC 2022 - Classical Blue Jeans
      • CFC 2022 - Formal Concert #1
      • CFC 2022 - Formal Concert #2
      • CFC 2021 - Classical Blue Jeans
      • CFC 2021 - Children's Concert
      • CFC 2021 - The Stars Align
      • CFC 2021 - The Music of Wine
      • CLMF 2019 - Week 1
      • CLMF 2019 - Week 2
    • Press Coverage
    • Friendly Links
  • Concerts
    • The Music of Wine - July 16
    • A Night To Remember - July 18
    • Classical Blue Jeans - July 19
    • Free Children's Concert - July 20
    • Concert #1 - July 21
    • Concert #2 - July 23
  • CFC Artists
    • Amy Sue Barston
    • Moran Katz
    • Kevin Kumar
    • Donna Kwong
    • Johanna Nowik
    • ARTISTS FROM PREVIOUS YEARS >
      • Audrey Andrist
      • Andrew Appel
      • Brad Balliett
      • Thomas Bovard
      • First Inversion Choir
      • Meredith Crawford
      • Christine Grossman
      • Kieran Hanlon
      • Jasper String Quartet
      • Isabel Hagen
      • Edward Klorman
      • Salley Koo
      • Michael Leopold
      • Sasha Margolis
      • Cory Palmer
      • Katina Pantazopoulos
      • Thomas Rodgers
      • Beverly Shin
      • Adam Silverman
      • Patricia Sunwoo
      • Laura Weiner
      • Maia Jasper White
      • Lee Wright
    • Performance Videos
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