Appcompanist Presentation

This is a different kind of class for young singers that isn't focused on voice at all, but rather on developing whole and healthy lives as artists...relationally, emotionally, mentally, spiritually, financially, and creatively. Hear a few stories and get some advice and guidance from a couple that has been married 30 years; had 4 kids; worked in professional opera, musical theater, and concerts; headlined cabaret venues and cruise ships; worked in church music; started a few businesses (including Appcompanist); run a non-profit theater company; taught many professional and aspiring Broadway singers; and written and directed new music theater. This class will be conversational, with Q&A time aimed at providing support and encouragement for aspiring artists beyond just the singing and performing. 

As a leading Broadway voice teacher, Darin Adams draws on over 30 years education and experience in performing arts.  Darin did his undergraduate, graduate and performance certificate work at Pepperdine University, Azusa Pacific University, Indiana University and Music Academy of the West in music, vocal performance and stage direction. He performed countless leading roles in opera and musical theater in the US and overseas, and worked with his wife, Sheri Adams, as a concert and recording artist, artistic director, church music director, and the couple even spent 3 years traveling the world as headline artists for Seabourn Cruise Lines. They are the founders and co-artistic directors of a New York City based non-profit arts organization called Joemoe Arts, and founding creators of Appcompanist, a revolutionary new app that gives singers and voice teachers total control over the world’s best accompaniment recordings from any mobile device. As a composer and playwright, several of Darin’s works have been commercially produced on the west coast, and one of his full-length musicals is currently in the commercial development process in New York after two successful runs in California. In recent years, Darin has had the opportunity to mentor and train over 300 Broadway performers in shows including Wicked, The Book of Mormon, Phantom of the Opera, The Prom, Chicago, Something Rotten, and many others; teach master-classes with some of the industry’s top casting directors and coaches; and guest teach thousands of aspiring classical and musical theater performers at high schools, universities, and national conventions. Darin and Sheri live on Manhattan’s Upper West Side with their 3 children, Samuel, Sydney, and Jessie.