Adam Carter

Cellist Adam Carter grew up in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and attended high school at the North Carolina School of the Arts. He received his Bachelors degree and Masters degree with distinction from the Eastman School of Music, and is currently finishing his doctoral degree at the Univeristy of Wisconsin-Madison. His principle teachers include Steven Doane, Rosemary Elliot, Robert Marsh, and Uri Vardi.

Before joining the faculty at UVA, he played with the Madison Symphony Orchestra and the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra in Madison, WI. He has also won positions with the Akron Symphony, Evansville Philharmonic, and Cedar Rapids Symphony, and performed with the Erie Philharmonic, Fairfax Symphony, and Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival. An active teacher, Mr. Carter was adjunct professor of cello and bass at Ripon College in Ripon, WI, maintained a large private studio, and taught with the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras and the Sun Prairie Music Academy.

As a founding member of the Tarab Cello Ensemble, Adam travels the country playing new works for cello octet. The Ensemble was awarded a grant from the Howard Hanson Institute for American Music for its accomplishments in the performance and creation of contemporary American music, a grant from the Foreman Institute for the Creative and Performing Arts, and a grant from the Fromm Foundation. The Ensemble has recorded on Bridge Records and Albany Records. Mr. Carter is a top prizewinner at the 1998 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition.