John Clement Adams

John Clement Adams (born November 28, 1947, in Attleboro, Massachusetts ) is an American composer and educator.

Biography Adams studied music at Harvard, receiving a B.A. in 1969 and a Ph.D in 1982. His teachers included Leon Kirchner, Earl Kim, Ivan Tcherepnin, and Tison Street. His thesis was the composition Electric Wake. He continued studies at Tanglewood with Jacob Druckman, Alan Stout, and Seymour Shifrin. In 1972 he became a faculty member of the Boston Conservatory, and retired in 2001 as chair of the composition department. He was also a visiting lecturer at Harvard.

Among his awards include the B.M.I. Award in 1970, the Margaret Grant Award from Tanglewood in 1974 (when he was a composition fellow ), and the 1979 UMass/Boston award in music composition (which resulted in performance at the 2nd annual Harbor Festival "Winds and Airs - Music to Celebrate Spring" on UMass Boston's campus in April 1979).

Some of his compositions have been published by Schirmer. Bonnie Cochran, William Eldridge, Robin Baker, Gary Lloyd Noland, Yuriko Kojima, Pasquale Tassone, Hau-yee Ng, Alejandro Madrid, and Hayato Hirose.

Other composers named John Adams There are at least two other composers named John Adams, which has led to several points of confusion, including mistaken festival programming and incorrect authority control attributions: John Coolidge Adams (who goes professionally by John Adams), and John Luther Adams. Further complicating the matter is that both John C. Adams studied at Harvard at the same time, including having had their theses overseen by Leon Kirchner.

Selected works

Kyrie and Sanctus, date unknown, for SATB chorus Klein Kammermusik, op. 24 No. 2, date unknown, in three movements Overture to Oberon, for baritone, chorus & orchestra, date unknown Piano Trio, date unknown, premiered April 23, 1993, by Boston Conservatory Chamber Ensemble at First & Second Church Study (Dolls and Dreams), 1966, for violin and piano Band, 1973, for wind ensemble. String Quartet, 1980, in 7 movements Quintet, 1981, for woodwind quintet Five pieces for guitar, 1991 Two songs, 1988, for soprano and piano, settings of "Spring and Fall" by G. M. Hopkins and "The birds begun" by Emily Dickinson Heine Songs, 1988, settings of Aus den Himmelsaugen, Dein Angesicht, Die Linde blüte, and Fragen, for high voice and piano. Premiered in May 1988 by the Boston Chamber Music Society (resident ensemble of the Boston Conservatory). Nocturne, 1988, for piano, flute, cello, and violin Diversion for Seven Flutes, 1989, premiered April 13, 1989, at Boston Conservatory's Seully Hall Fantasy duo for cello and percussion, 1996 Three Lyric Pieces for Violin and Piano, 1997, premiered by Victor Romanul and Janice Weber on April 6, 1997, at First & Second Church. Affirmations, 1998, for baritone, chorus, and orchestra, premiered December 4, 1998, by Robert Honeysucker, the Boston Conservatory Orchestra and Chorale