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Meet The Artist: Alto Saxophonist Adam McCord

Briana Brough
Saxophonist Adam McCord.

Alto saxophonist Adam McCord is a UNC at Greensboro alumnus who recently received his Doctor of Music degree at Indiana University. He's performed with the National Symphony Orchestra as well as international saxophone conferences and congresses from San Jose to Slovenia. The Yamaha Performing Artist is also a respected educator, having served on the faculties of the prestigious Indiana University Jacob's School of Music, and Miami University among others, and he currently teaches at Wake Forest University. 

Adam McCord's velvety sound, impeccable, supple technique and his supreme musicianship will be on full display next weekend, when he'll perform two recitals, one in Greensboro and one in Winston-Salem. He recently stopped by to talk about the music on the program and the instrument he's loved since he was a boy: the saxophone.

On Friday, January 29th, you can hear him in recital in Organ Recital Hall on the UNC at Greensboro School of Music. Then on Sunday, the 31st, Winston-Salem audiences will be treated to the same program beginning at 3:00 in Brendle Recital Hall in the Scales Fine Arts Center on the Wake Forest University campus.  

Before his arrival in the Triad, David had already established himself as a fixture in the Austin, Texas arts scene as a radio host for Classical 89.5 KMFA. During his tenure there, he produced and hosted hundreds of programs including Mind Your Music, The Basics and T.G.I.F. Thank Goodness, It's Familiar, which each won international awards in the Fine Arts Radio Competition. As a radio journalist with 88.5 WFDD, his features have been recognized by the Associated Press, Public Radio News Directors Inc., Catholic Academy of Communication Professionals, and Radio Television Digital News Association of the Carolinas. David has written and produced national stories for NPR, KUSC and CPRN in Los Angeles and conducted interviews for Minnesota Public Radio's Weekend America.

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