The Department of Music at Adams State University presents a guest percussion recital with Adam Groh on Monday, Oct. 7th at 7 p.m. in Leon Recital Hall. Admission is free.
Groh, a native of St. Louis, Mo., is a percussionist with a diverse performing and teaching background. He is an ardent supporter of new solo and chamber music for percussion and has commissioned and premiered dozens of works by prominent composers.
Adam has recently been invited to perform at the Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn, N.Y.; the Banff Centre for the Arts in Banff, Canada; the Percussive Arts Society International Convention, SEAMUS; and he was also a featured performer with the Denkyem Percussion Group in the “Promising Artists of the 21st Century” festival hosted by the North American Cultural Center, Costa Rica.
Adam has performed with the North Carolina Symphony, Asheville Symphony, Des Moines Symphony, Brevard Philharmonic, Round Rock Symphony, Victoria Symphony, Tallahassee Symphony, Chautauqua Symphony, and Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestras.
Also a passionate educator, Adam has presented clinics at events such as The Midwest Clinic, the Texas, Kansas, Minnesota, and Iowa Music Educators Association Conventions, and multiple PAS-sponsored Days of Percussion.
Adam is currently Assistant Professor of Percussion at Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C. He holds degrees from the University of Texas at Austin, Florida State University and Truman State University. Adam is a proud endorser of Pearl Drums/Adams Musical Instruments, Innovative Percussion sticks and mallets, Remo Drumheads, Zildjian Cymbals, Black Swamp Percussion, and Beetle Percussion.
