Adam Fong
b. June 21, 1980
Greenbrae, CA
(Updated June 16,
2010)
After completing the MFA Composition program at California Institute of the
Arts in May 2006 (I studied with James Tenney, and a bit with Wadada Leo Smith and others),
I returned to the San Francisco Bay Area, where I spent my first 24 years.
My waking hours are mostly spent with my family,
at work for Other Minds, playing baseball,
and reading and writing. If you're curious about my creative output, check out
the Work section of this website for some music (scores and soundclips)
and other art-related things.
One of my musical highlights was a
performance by Dennis Russell Davies and Maki Namekawa of my composition "Sunlight"
(from a series entitled Elementary Studies) in a concert of music for two pianos at San Francisco's
Herbst Theatre (audio / review); before the concert I was stunned to find myself on a panel
with Chen Yi, Charles Amirkhanian, and Philip Glass. More recently, I was honored to produce with Charles Amirkhanian
"Henry Cowell: The Whole World of Music," a two-concert retrospective that included a panel discussion, exhibition, and
commemorative program booklet (more info here).
In 2008 I also co-founded a network for people working in the arts sector in/near SF, the
Emerging Arts Professionals; I'm now a part of the Leadership Group of this organization.
I also keep busy with other projects including producing concerts with a collective of composers (we refer to ourselves as The Collected),
and voicing my opinions on various panels and committees, for organizations like Chamber Music America and the SF Friends of Chamber Music.
A few other tidbits: I did undergraduate studies at
Stanford (English and Music) and hung around for an M.A. in English; I play (mostly 2B) on an
amateur baseball team in a wood-bat league; I take my coffee black; I play the contrabass;
I am allergic to cats. If you want a
more official-sounding biography, a recording of my music, or a chat over coffee,
contact me.