Adam Sweet

Specialism:

Violin

Location:

Granby
United States 01033

Contact:

Text 413-213-5767

Additional Info:

Hi there! My name is Adam R. Sweet. The R stands for Richard. I was named after my Grandfather who was a surgeon in Boston. I studied violin at the New England Conservatory of Music and the Conservatory of Music at Rivers. I studied Chamber Music and Coaching at the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music. In College, I received a BA in Musicology where I focused on music theory, jazz, composition, electronic music, world music and music therapy. I have a Masters in Ethnomusicology. I studied World Music with David Reck at Amherst College among other things. In 1980, I bought my first mandolin so I could play it with my band Backwoods Medicine, mostly Old Time and Bluegrass songs and instrumentals. I attended every bluegrass or mandolin lecture or presentation I could find. Lucky for me, I lived near Northampton's Iron Horse and was subjected to the music of Bill Monroe, David Grisman, Mike Marshall, Sam Bush and other mandolin greats.

I first started teaching mandolin at the Fretted Instrument Workshop in Amherst, and later that year at Downtown Sounds in Northampton. I was asked to join the faculty at the Northampton Community Music Center and later the Keene Institute for Music and Related Arts. In 1997, I began offering remote lessons online. When I bought a house in South Hadley, I offered private lessons, group classes and mandolin orchestra rehearsals at my home there.

In 2018, I began to offer private lessons at my studio in Granby, MA.

I play mandolin and Irish bouzouki with Celticado, a traditional Celtic ensemble; and mandolin and fiddle with The Americana Project, a bluegrass and folk band. I'm President of Mandolin New England, a 501c3 nonprofit music organization that puts on free classes and concerts throughout western MA and Providence, RI.

I live on an organic farm in western MA. We raise apples, peaches, plums and pears. We have raspberry and blueberry bushes and a large organic garden maintained mostly by my wife of 20+ years, Emily.

I have two boys: Parker and Richard, one dog and one cat.

Fees

$ 75.00 Dollars Per Hour

Specialisms

Contemporary Music, Improvisation, Orchestral Work, Session Work, Solo Performance

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