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Byron Adams (b.1955) earned a Bachelor of Music Degree, magna cum laude, from Jacksonville University, studying piano with Mary Lou Wesley Krosnick and composition with Gurney Kennedy. He received a Master of Music degree from the University of Southern California, where his principal composition teacher was Morten Lauridsen. He was awarded his doctoral degree from Cornell University, studying composition with Karel Husa and musicology with William W. Austin. Adams has had performances of his music in Europe, such as at the 26th "Warsaw Autumn" International Festival of Contemporary Music; the Leith Hill Festival in England; the Conservatoire Americain in Fontainebleau, France (where he taught in the summer of 1992); the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra; and the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Peter Oundjian. A recipient of numerous awards and grants, Adams’ music has been performed in America by such institutions as The West Virginia Symphony, The Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, Cantori New York, Cantus, Chamber Music Palisades, Pacific Serenades, the new music ensemble Xtet, and the Colburn School String Orchestra. His most recent commissions are: Variationes alchemisticae, a major chamber music work for flute, viola, 'cello and piano commissioned by Chamber Music Palisades; Le Jardin Proveçal, for flute, oboe, harpsichord and 'cello which was commissioned by Pacific Serenades; a choral work, Ashes of Soldiers, commissioned by Boston Secession; and Serenade for nine instruments commissioned by conductor Mark Mandarano and the Sinfonietta of Riverdale. His principal publishers are Editions BIM, Earthsongs, FatrockInk Music Publishers, Paraclete Press, Yelton Rhodes, and E.C. Schirmer.