Adam Estes

Associate Professor of Music

Email:
ajestes@olemiss.edu
Office Location:
135 Music
Phone:
662-915-1274
Website:
Personal Website

I teach saxophone, woodwind chamber music, and courses in woodwinds methods to music education students at The University of Mississippi.

Research Interests

My recent creative projects include the Lyrical Baritone Project and the Pedagogy Project with the Assembly Quartet. Both are ongoing open-ended projects which generate repertoire that is diverse, reflects a currency in music, and aims to contribute to advancements in pedagogy and building repertoire through commissioning, concertizing, and recording.

Biography

Adam Estes is Associate Professor of Music at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, MS where he teaches applied saxophone, coaches woodwind chamber ensembles, and teaches woodwinds methods courses. Prior to his work in Mississippi, he was Assistant Professor of Woodwinds at Minot State University. Formerly a band director in the public schools in Mason I.S.D. in Mason, TX, Estes has also held posts as Visiting Professor of Saxophone at Furman University, the University of South Carolina as well as Instructor of Saxophone at Presbyterian College and the South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities. Dr. Estes has been the principal bassoonist with the Western Plains Opera Company, the Minot Symphony Orchestra, and has been a regular substitute bassoonist and saxophonist with the Jackson Symphony Orchestra, Memphis Symphony Orchestra, North Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, South Carolina Philharmonic, Charleston Symphony Orchestra, and Augusta Symphony Orchestra. Furthermore, Estes is a founding member of the Assembly Quartet. He has recorded on Navona Records, Amp Recordings, MSR Classics, Albany Records, Mark Custom, and maintains an active performance schedule as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral musician. His performing career has taken him to venues in Scotland, Ireland, Austria, Switzerland, France, and Belgium. He holds graduate degrees from the University of South Carolina and a Bachelors degree in Music Education from Tarleton State University. His primary teachers have been Clifford Leaman, Greg Ball, Peter Kolkay, Carol Lowe, and Douglas Graham. Adam Estes is a Légère Endorsing Artist and Yamaha Performing Artist.