Music Events
Career Exploration Seminar Series: "The Art of Taxes"
Date and Time
Tuesday, September 17, 2019 6:00 PM
Description
Adam Schumaker is a composer, educator, and arts administrator. He currently directs the education programs for The Gilmore Keyboard Festival where he manages eleven programs that serve thousands of students. Schumaker is also the lead of The Gilmore’s live streaming initiatives, bringing exceptional performances to accessible digital platforms with high quality audio and video.
Adam Schumaker maintains the position of visiting professor of music theory and composition at Kalamazoo College. An advocate for the integration of entrepreneurial education, Schumaker created and continues to teach the first Arts Entrepreneurship course at Kalamazoo College, and speaks regularly on the subject at regional colleges and music educator groups.
Schumaker has composed music for most mediums, including an intensive
care unit hospital bed. He received an honorable mention in the
American Prize competition for his song cycle, “The Best Thing Ever”
for soprano and Pierrot lunaire sextet, premiered by What
is Noise in March of 2016. His most recent commissions and
grants have come from the Kalamazoo Artistic Development Initiative of
the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo, Albion College Department of
Music, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, and an upcoming
work for Some Assembly Required to premiere in the spring of
2018.
Twitter: @SchumakerA
Contact
Dr. Sookkyung Cho
[email protected]