Daniel Adams

Daniel Adams served as a member of the Texas Southern University Music Faculty for thirty-six years. He retired at the rank of full professor in January of 2025. He resides in Houston, TX. Adams holds a Doctor of Musical Arts from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, a Master of Music from the University of Miami Frost School of Music and a Bachelor of Music from Louisiana State University. He has composed numerous published musical works and has authored articles and reviews on topics related to Twentieth and Twenty-first Century percussion music. He is also the author of two entries published in the Oxford Encyclopedia of African-American History: 1896 to the Present (2009) and a revision of the Miami, Florida entry for the Grove Dictionary of American Music.

Adams has served as a panelist and lecturer nationally and internationally. He has received commissions from The McCormick Percussion Group, The McCormick Duo, the Robinson High School Percussion Ensemble (Tampa, FL), The Gulf Coast Community Band, The Leechburg (PA) High School Percussion Ensemble, the Louisiana State University Percussion Ensemble, the EOS flute and guitar duo, guitarist Kenneth Kam, VioLet, Lee Hinkle, Richard Nunemaker Studios, Selmer Paris, Buffet Crampon, D’Addario Woodwinds, the Mesquite Trio, and the Texas Chamber Symphony. Adams’ music has been performed throughout the United States, and in Spain, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Finland, Costa Rica, Turkey, Argentina, Bulgaria, Canada, Australia, Great Britain, and South Korea. His music is recorded on Capstone Records, Ravello, Navona, Phasma, Ablaze, Potenza, Albany, and Summit Records.