Background
Adams, Leslie was born on December 30, 1932 in Cleveland. Son of Harrison and Jessie (Manease) Adams.
composer conductor musicologist pianist
Adams, Leslie was born on December 30, 1932 in Cleveland. Son of Harrison and Jessie (Manease) Adams.
Bachelor of Music, Oberlin Conservatory, 1955; Master of Music, Long Beach State University, 1964; Doctor of Philosophy in Music, Ohio State University, 1974.
He has also been commissioned to write works for the Center for Black Music Research, the Cleveland Orchestra, and the Ohio Chamber Orchestra. His opera, Blake (composed 1986), was the focus of a significant portion of Y.C. Williams"s New Perspectives on Music (ed J Wright with Société Anonyme Floyd Junior, published Warren, Michigan, 1992, pages 172–209). Born Harrison Leslie Adams in Cleveland, Ohio, Adams earned a Bachelor of Music Education from Oberlin College in 1955, a Master of Music from California State University, Long Beach in 1967, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Music Composition from Ohio State University in 1973.
He also pursued private studies with Leon Dallin, Marcel Dick, Herbert Elwell, Vittorio Giannini, Edward Mattila, and Robert Starer.
He also received fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation (1979) and Yaddo (1980, 1984). As a teacher, Adams has served on the music faculties of F.A.M.U. Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (1968–1969) and the University of Kansas (1969–1978).
