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| Location | San Francisco, CA, United States |
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| Introduction | Adam began playing the guitar at age 7, inspired by Mississippi John Hurt, Tom Petty, and his father's shiny new Fender Stratocaster. His first lessons were from his father and later with Gregory Coleman and John Schneiderman. Now based in the Bay Area, Adam performs Classical music, Bluegrass, Country, folk and new acoustic music on guitar, mandolin, and mandocello. Adam has performed at festivals around the world including the Icicle Creek music festival in Washington, the Mozart festival in San Luis Obispo, the Blue Highways festival in Utrecht, Holland and the Hardly-Strictly-Bluegrass festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Adam currently plays with theBarefoot Nellies, the Whisky Richards, The Strange Pilgrims, and is a member of the Modern Mandolin Quartet. Adam also performs with songwriters AJ Roach, Ana Egge, Rachel Ries, Anais Mitchell and Michelle Shocked. Adam earned his undergraduate and graduate diplomas in music performance from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, where he studied with David Tanenbaum and Marc Teicholz. In March 2005, he made his Carnegie Hall debut, performing guitar duets with Santiago Gutierrez. |

