Andrew Adams - In-Person Judge

Andrew Adams is Director of the School of Music and Professor of Piano at Western Carolina University. He earned the BM in Piano from the Kansas City Conservatory of Music and the MM in Vocal Coaching and Accompanying from the University of Illinois. He completed his DMA in Piano Performance at the University of Colorado. Adams served as Vocal Coach and Director of Collaborative Piano at Iowa State University from 2003 to 2006. He was a member of the editorial board of The Journal of Singing, the official publication of the National Association of Teachers of Singing, for twelve years. He has published articles and reviews in Piano Professional (England), The American Music Teacher, The Journal of the International Alliance for Women in Music, The Journal of Singing, and the North Carolina Music Educator. Recently, he served as editor for the Resource Handbook for Academic Deans to be published by the Johns Hopkins University Press in January 2023.