Adam Clark, D.M.A Assistant Professor of Music Piano     Department of Music Nykerk 105 Tel: 616-395-7691 Email: clark@hope.edu

Adam Clark is an active soloist, chamber musician, and concerto soloist and has performed to great acclaim throughout the United States, as well as in Belgium, Italy, and South Korea. His performances have been broadcast on WMUK in Michigan as well as MBC National Television in Korea.

Of his playing, New York Concert Review Magazine wrote, “Clark brought out much beauty in Chopin’s soulfully embroidered melodies. He played with thoughtful expressiveness” and “achieved an excellent blend [with the orchestra].”

Clark’s competition honors include first prizes in the American Protégé International Piano Competition and the San Luis Obispo Symphony Concerto Competition. He has appeared with orchestras including the Holland Symphony Orchestra, San Luis Obispo Symphony, and the Manhattan Chamber Orchestra, and has performed as a soloist in notable venues such as New York’s Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall.

An active chamber musician, Clark has worked with members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Lexington Philharmonic, Dayton Philharmonic, Grand Rapids Symphony, Austin Symphony, and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta. Performing frequently in west Michigan, he has been featured on the “Free at 3” recital series in Holland, the Grand Rapids Art Museum (GRAM) recital series, and the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck summer concerts.

As an educator, Clark has lectured on diverse topics ranging from technical and musical development to twentieth-century pedagogical repertoire, and he is a frequent guest and presenter at local, state, and national music conferences. Recently, he presented a lecture-recital on Franz Liszt’s Piano Sonata in B Minor at the College Music Society’s International Conference at Ewha University in Seoul, Korea. He has also given masterclasses throughout the United States and in South Korea, and he is frequently invited to judge and adjudicate competitions throughout Michigan.

Clark is currently Assistant Professor of Music in Piano at Hope College in Holland, Michigan where he teaches courses in applied piano, keyboard skills, piano pedagogy, and accompanying. He is also Director of the Hope College Young Artists Piano Competition, Coordinator of the Hope College Department of Music performance series “Sundays at 2,” and Collegiate Chapter Chair for the Michigan Music Teachers Association.

Clark holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. His Bachelors and Masters degrees were completed at the University of California at Santa Barbara and the University of Texas at Austin. His former teachers include Dr. Charles Asche, Nancy Garrett, and Eugene and Elisabeth Pridonoff.