Adam Agee
Waltons New School of Music Faculty
Irish Fiddle • Introducing Irish Fiddle • Outreach Programme • Music at Work Programme
Adam is an acclaimed fiddle player with over 25 years teaching experience. None other than the great fiddle player and composer Martin Hayes has written of him: ‘Adam’s music has been familiar to me for many years…. I’ve never heard him play a note that wasn’t sincere and from the heart. His music is true and free from pretence. He constantly seeks the deepest expression of the music.’ Adam’s love for people and for the music have made him a beloved educator. Originally from the United States, he learned the fiddle as a child, and it was his passion for Irish music that led him to come to Co. Clare in 2004 to immerse himself in the tradition. Since then, he has developed his career as a musician, releasing two full-length albums and a single with guitarist and tenor banjo player, Jon Sousa. Music from their first album was featured in the 2023 film In the Land of Saints and Sinners, starring Liam Neeson. As a duo, Adam and Jon have toured internationally as both performers and educators. Now living in Ireland, Adams brings an innovative approach to his teaching, where creativity and communication lead the way for students to bring their own voices to the tradition. ‘Music is the art of expressing ourselves as fully and honestly as we can – of allowing our inner life to sound out into the world. Working on our music means striving toward this honest expression, a creative process that can be both beautiful and surprising. It is a joy for me to work with students of traditional music to find creative satisfaction – and their own unique voices – through the fiddle.’
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