Adam Estes & Adrienne Park
Biography Adam Estes & Adrienne Park
Adam Estes
is associate professor of music at the University of Mississippi, where he teaches saxophone, coaches woodwind chamber ensembles, and teaches woodwinds methods courses. Prior to working in Mississippi, he was assistant professor at Minot State University. Formerly a band director in the public schools in Mason TX, Estes has also held posts as visiting professor of saxophone at Furman University and the University of South Carolina, as well as instructorships at Presbyterian College and the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities. He is the founding member of the Assembly Quartet, which celebrated their 20th year in 2023, and maintains an active performance schedule as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician. Abroad, his performing career has taken him to venues in Scotland, Ireland, Austria, Switzerland, France, and Belgium. Estes is a Légère Endorsing Artist, Yamaha Performing Artist, and has recorded with PARMA Recordings, Albany Records, AMP Recordings, Mark Records, and MSR Classics.
Adrienne Park
has extensive experience as a collaborative pianist in chamber, symphonic, and contemporary music settings. She has performed in recital with violinist Joshua Bell, cellists Shauna Rolston and Tsuyoshi Tsutsumi, bassist Edgar Meyer, flutists Paul Edmond Davies, Timothy Hutchins, and Tara Helen O’Connor, bassoonist Frank Morelli, saxophonist Nikita Zimin, horn artist Frøydis Ree Wekre, percussion group NEXUS, soprano Mary Wilson, and tenor Telly Leung.
Park is Assistant Professor of Collaborative Piano at the University of Mississippi. She mentors graduate collaborative pianists, coaches chamber ensembles, and has collaborated with UM students and faculty since 2001. She is the Artistic Director of the UM Music concert series Sonic Explorations which features multimedia performances with music faculty and professional musicians in the region. Themed concerts focus on a genre, region, or set of composers, exploring the sound world of that theme. Central to concert events is the use of multimedia – projected film, art, and poetry — with unique lighting designs and innovative stage positioning.
Park is also Principal Piano with Memphis Symphony Orchestra, and she performs regularly with Iris Orchestra and Memphis Chamber Music Society. At Crosstown Arts in Memphis, she performs with Blueshift Ensemble, a contemporary chamber music ensemble. She was the Banff Centre’s faculty collaborative pianist for six years, working closely with Isobel and Tom Rolston in the Music and Sound program. She studied with Abbey Simon and Ruth Tomfohrde at the University of Houston and Robert Silverman at the University of British Columbia.
