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Jazz Artist and Composer, Adam Larson, has been playing saxophone since 5th grade. Since then, Larson has garnered numerous awards that showcase both his abilities as a soloist and as a composer. Recently, Adam was selected to participate in the 2008 Betty Carter Jazz Ahead Program at the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts. Adam was also selected to play in the 2008 Gibson/Baldwin Grammy Jazz Ensemble, 2008 Jazz Band of America and was named a youngARTS National Honorable Mention Finalist, and an Illinois Regional Award Winner for the National Foundation for the Advance of the Arts Jazz Saxophone category. He has also been awarded best Jazz Composition and Improvisation for 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 Illinois All-State Composition Contest, and was a member of the 2007/2008 Illinois All-State Honors Jazz Combo. In addition Larson was a member of the 2007 Monterey Jazz Festival Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, 2007 Inaugural Jazz Band of America, and was 1 of 15 invitees to the 2007 Jazz Rising Stars Program at the Steans Institute for Young Artists invitation only workshop at Ravinia, in Chicago, IL. Larson has had the privilege to work with James Moody, Rufus Reid, Jim Mcneely, Billy Childs, Matt Wilson, Terrance Blanchard, Shelly Berg, Nathan Davis, Dr. Billy Taylor, Winard Harper, Curtis Fuller, Butch Warren, Wynton Marsalis and many others . Currently, Larson studies privately with Dr. David N. Baker. Adam will relocating to NYC in the Fall of '08 to attend the Manhattan School Of Music.
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