Classical Guitarist

Award-winning guitarist and teacher Adam Foster is a Doctoral Candidate at The Florida State College of Music in Tallahassee, Florida. He has developed a depth of experience as a performer in solo recital and chamber settings throughout the US and Canada and has garnered awards in regional and national competitions including the 2001 Northwest Guitar Competition. His principle teachers on guitar include Bruce Holzman, Ricardo Cobo and Alexander Dunn.

His creative interests include rarely heard or underperformed chamber works with guitar. He recently performed the American premiere of Stephen Dodgson's Quintet for Guitar and Strings in 2009.

As a teacher, his students have been accepted to studies in various colleges and universities in the United States and abroad. He was formerly a member of the guitar faculty at the University of Nevada Las Vegas where he was awarded the Part-time Instructor of the Year Award by the College of Fine Arts in 2007. He currently maintains a thriving private studio in Tallahassee and presents his students in recital every four months.

In addition to his musical endeavors, he is an amateur performer on lute and viol da gamba. He also is an avid gourmande and an aficionado of fine wines. He lives with his wife, poet Stacey Abbott who also Founder and President of Whole Health Yoga Therapy in Tallahassee, Florida. They live with their cat Bruce.