Career
Adam began his musical career with the clarinet at age 9, which he performed through early college years and still features occasionally in Lucid Druid shows. At age 10 he took up the piano, and at age 12 he began to learn the bagpipes under the instruction of Pipe Major Sandy Keith in Dunedin, Florida through the local school system. He quickly excelled at the bagpipes in both solo and band competition, and at 17 was named Pipe Major of the Dunedin High School Scottish Highlanders.
After graduating high school, Quinn enrolled at the University of South Florida in Tampa, Florida to major in music performance (clarinet).
He took a job at Disney"s EPCOT Center in Orlando as a substitute musician in a bagpipe trio, which led to a job at Tokyo Disneyland for the next two years. Returning to the United States, he worked as a musician at EPCOT until enrolling at Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia in 1995.
Much of his work has been featured on SFUPB albums, most notably Live at Carnegie Hall and Down Under: Live at the Sydney Opera House. Additionally, Quinn"s music has been performed on the albums of numerous artists and featured in the 2001 World Championship winning medley.
In 2003, Quinn stopped competing with bagpipes on the professional circuit and focused more on composition and the development of his current Celtic fusion band, Lucid Druid.
In 2004 he released his first collection of original bagpipe music, The Quinnmusic Collection, and Lucid Druid also released their debut album, Anecdota, which is based around Quinn"s original compositions. In addition to the clarinet, piano and bagpipes, Quinn also plays the didgeridoo, tenor saxophone and African djembe drum. As a member
Dunedin Middle School Pipe Band - Grade IV (Florida, United States of America 1985-1987)
Dunedin High School Scottish Highlanders - Grade IV & III (Florida, United States of America 1987-1991)
City of Dunedin Pipe Band - Grade II (Florida, United States of America 1991-1995, 2001-2002)
Simon Fraser University Alumni Pipe Band - Grade II (Canada, 1995-1996)
Simon Fraser University Pipe Band - Grade I (Canada, 1996-2000)
University of Ballarat Pipe Band - Grade II (Australia, 1999-2000)
Lucid Druid - Celtic Fusion band (Florida, United States of America 2003-present)
As an instructor
Rosie O"Grady Highlanders - Grade III (Florida, United States of America 1995)
Robert Malcolm Memorial Pipe Band - Grade IV (Canada, 1996 - 1998)
Northwest MacGregor Pipe Band - Grade IV (Washington, United States of America 1998 - 2000)
High Desert Pipes & Drums - Grade IV (New Mexico, United States of America 1998 - 1999)
University of Ballarat Pipe Band - Grade II (Australia, 1999-2000).
