Concert Band * Guitar * Intro to Instrumental Music * Music Appreciation * Music Theory * AP Music Theory * Piano Lab Pep Band * Drum Line * Indoor Percussion Ensemble
Contact Information: radams@bhprsd.org
(856) 939-4500 Ext. 2039
The first Percussion Ensemble meeting will be October 21, at 2:15 in the band room. This year's show is titled: *****TBA****
Biography
Mr. Adams earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Commercial Music while studying trombone with Richard Hilts and Phillip McClelland at Glassboro State College (now Rowan University). He also studied music composition with Manny Albam and Harold Oliver. In 1986, he received his teaching certificate while studying voice with Sandra Ruggles of the New York City Opera. He earned a Masters Degree in Conducting in 1992 from Glassboro State College, and has completed post-graduate studies at Villanova University, and Westminster Choir College.
His performance experience includes a fourteen-month European/Artic USO tour. He was the Principal Trombone with the Costa Del Sol Festival Orchestra in Marbella, Spain, and he was the Principal Trombone with the Garden State Pops Orchestra. He played Lead Baritone for the 1986 World Champion Bushwackers Drum and Bugle Corps. He has been a brass instructor for the Cadets of Bergen County and Jersey Surf. As a vocalist, Mr. Adams performed the role of Pooh-Bah in the Mikado, Launce in Two Gentlemen of Verona, and roles in Carousel, Annie Get Your Gun, and The Music Man. He also appeared in the Hollybush Opera Company productions of Tosca, The Merry Widow, Carmina Burana, Susannah and The Love for Three Oranges (sung in Russian). He performed in the Statue of Liberty 100th Anniversary Ceremony with Kenny Rogers, Willie Nelson and Gene Kelly.
Mr. Adams served as Music Director of Sterling High School’s productions of The Sound of Music, Anything Goes, H.M.S. Pinafore and Girl Crazy. He served as Stage Director for Gloucester Township Summer Stage’s production of The Jungle Book.
He taught general and vocal music for eight years at Glen Landing Middle School, where he served as Music Director for The Wizard of Oz, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Cinderella, and Peter Pan. While teaching at Glen Landing, he also worked as Assistant Band Director for Triton’s Marching Mustangs.
Mr. Adams has been Triton’s Band Director since January, 1995 where he directs all the instrumental ensembles. He also assisted with the indoor color guard. All the competitive ensembles are highly regarded, and have won numerous South Jersey, state and multi-state championships. In 2003, the combined band recorded 22 commercials for Mentos Candy that aired on ESPN, Fox, Nick and TVLand. Mr. Adams also served as the lead teacher for the Fine Arts, World Languages, ELL, and Language Arts Departments. He was the Stage Director and Scenic Designer for Once Upon a Mattress; Music Director for Little Shop of Horrors, Pippin, and Grease; and Orchestra conductor for Oklahoma and West Side Story.
As an arranger, Mr. Adams has produced numerous works for band, orchestra, chorus and chamber ensembles. He is active as a clinician, lecturer, adjudicator and guest conductor. Mr. Adams served as Commissioner of Olympic Conference Band Directors for twelve years, conducted the Junior High Band in 1998, served as Co-Manager for the Senior High Band in 2013, Managed the Junior High Band in 2014, and conducted the Senior High Band in 2015. As a member of the South Jersey Band and Orchestra Directors Association, Mr. Adams conducted the 2011 All-South Jersey Junior High Band, and served as a Region III representative to the All-State Band Procedures Committee. During that tenure, he researched, presented, and implemented the inclusion of the Bass Trombone as a separate instrument in the state audition procedure. As a brass specialist, Mr. Adams has assisted conductor MCSgt Ed Teleky (USAF) with the 2008 All-State Wind Ensemble.
Mr. Adams is a member of several professional organizations including the National Association for Music Education, and the South Jersey Band and Orchestra Directors Association. He was a member of The Philadelphia Orchestra Education Advisory Council for which he wrote and published several lesson plans and articles. He has been named in Who's Who Among American Teachers six times, and Who’s Who in America four times. He has written and implemented curriculum for the Black Horse Pike School District in the area of Band Technology, Guitar, Music Appreciation, Music Theory, AP Music Theory, Introduction to Instrumental Music, Keyboard Lab, and Concert Band. Mr. Adams also worked as an adjunct faculty member at Camden County College, where he taught a variety of Music Appreciation classes.
Mr. Adams resides locally with the love of his life, Beverly. He enjoys photography, and is currently writing a book on the history of fire-fighting in South Jersey.