After sustaining a series of injuries, this aspect of life became especially real as my musical health was threatened in a dramatic way. This piece is a reflection on how life can often take us on unexpected pathways through dark and unwanted terrain. – AS
As a young composer, performer, and educator, Adam Scime has been praised as “a fantastic success” (CBC) and “Astounding, the musical result was remarkable” (icareifyoulisten.com). His work has received many awards including the 2015 CMC Toronto Emerging Composer Award, The Socan Young Composer Competition, The Karen Keiser Prize in Canadian Music, The Esprit Young Composer Competition, and first prize in the 2018 Land’s End Composer Competition. Adam was recently selected for the Ensemble contemporain de Montrél (ECM+) 2016 Generations Project during which his piece Liminal Pathways was toured across nine Canadian cities. Additionally, Adam’s music continues to be performed and commissioned by many renowned ensembles and soloists including Nouvelle Ensemble Moderne, The Esprit Orchestra, Array Music, The National Arts Centre Orchestra, The Thin Edge New Music Collective, The Hamilton Philharmonic, l’Orchestre de la Francophonie The Gryphon Trio, New Music Concerts, Soundstreams, The Bicycle Opera Project, Véronique Mathieu, Nadina Mackie Jackson, and Carla Huhtanen, among others. He recently received his doctorate from the University of Toronto.
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