Adam aged 18, comes from Skipton, North Yorkshire. He has been playing trumpet for ten years. Taught originally by peripatetic teacher Pam Whitehead, he was encouraged to audition for the National Children's Orchestra and National Children's Brass Band(NCBB). Playing in both groups for three years, he went on to become principal cornet with NCBB. When Adam was 12 he auditioned for Chetham's School of Music in Manchester where he is now in his 6^th year, studying with John Dickinson - former principal trumpet of the Halle Orchestra, and Murray Greig - principal trumpet for the Orchestra of Opera North.

This last five years, Adam has been a member of The National Youth Orchestra, and is now co-principal trumpet. Adam has had opportunity to play in many of the major concert venues in the United Kingdom, under conductors including Sir Neville Marriner, Sir Mark Elder, Antonio Pappano, Vasily Petrenko and Semyon Bychkov.

Notable highlights, to date, include touring China with The National Children's Orchestra, playing with The National Youth Orchestra on the sound track of a film biography on Ralph Vaughan Williams by Tony Palmer, and as part of The Chetham's Symphonic Brass Ensemble, performing and recording with The Gabrielli Consort in the international festival "Wratislavia Cantans" in Poland.

Adam will continue his studies this September (2011) at The Royal College of Music in London.

Adam wishes to thank the Blackpool Symphony Orchestra for this solo performance opportunity.