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Adam McCord - Saxophone
Adam McCord is Instructor of Saxophone at Miami University. Prior to this appointment, he served as Associate Instructor of Saxophone at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music where he has most recently completed coursework for the Doctor of Music degree in Saxophone Performance, studying with Otis Murphy. He received the Master's of Music degree in Saxophone Performance from Indiana University in 2004, earning the prestigious Performer’s Certificate, IU’s highest performance honor. Mr. McCord received the Bachelor of Music degree, summa cum laude, in Saxophone Performance and Music Education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2002, where his primary teachers were Steven Stusek and Craig Whittaker.
He is a past winner of the IU Woodwind Concerto Competition and performed Roger Muczynski's Concerto with the University Orchestra to critical acclaim. While at UNCG, Mr. McCord was winner of the Concerto Competition, performing Roger Boutry's Divertimento with the Symphony Orchestra. He has won state and regional honors in both the Music Teacher's National Association collegiate chamber music and solo woodwind competitions.
He has most recently performed at the XIV World Saxophone Congress in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and the 2006 North American Saxophone Alliance (NASA) Biennial Conference in Iowa City. Past performances include the 2004 NASA Biennial Conference in Greensboro, North Carolina, the XIII World Saxophone Congress in Minneapolis, a featured recital at the inaugural Carolina Saxophone Symposium, regional NASA conferences, and participation as a scholarship recipient in the 2003 International Saxophone Chamber Music Festival held annually in Faenza, Italy. Mr. McCord has performed with the Winston-Salem Symphony, the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, the UNCG Symphony Orchestra, the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic, the Indiana University Philharmonic, the Bloomington Camerata Orchestra, and the Bloomington Pops Orchestra.
Adam McCord
Instructor of Music
119 Center for the Performing Arts
Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056
Phone: (513) 529-3014
Email: mccordar@muohio.edu