Adam Greene

Adam Greene studied at Connecticut College, graduating with Distinction in Music, and earned his Master's in Composition with Honors from the New England Conservatory of Music. In 1994-5 he studied theory and composition at the Civica Scuola di Musica, in Milan, Italy. In 2003 he received the Ph.D. in Music from the University of California, San Diego, where he worked extensively with Roger Reynolds. His other teachers in composition were Brian Ferneyhough, Franco Donatoni, and Arthur Berger. Adam Greene1s works have been performed in Europe and the United States, most notably by Ensemble Resonanz, Speculum Musicae, SONOR, flutist John Fonville, pianists Aleck Karis and Christopher Oldfather, and violinists János Négyesy and Päivikki Nykter. He has received fellowships to festivals at Darmstadt, Long Beach, and the Composers Conference at Wellesley, a commission award from the Fromm Music Foundation, and he won the NACUSA Young Composer's Competition. His music can be found on Aucourant Records. Adam Greene has taught theory and composition at the University of Minnesota School of Music, UCSD, and the New England Conservatory. More information can be found at his website: www.adamgreene.net.