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Adam Shead Solo & Suikhonen/Moore/Heinemann/Shead

Doors at 7, Music at 7:30

Featuring:

Adam Shead - Drums

Joe Suihkonen - Trumpet

Chris Moore - Alto Sax

Jakob Heinemann - Bass

Adam Shead (b. 1993) is an American percussionist, composer, and educator specializing in interdisciplinary and improvised performance. Shead holds a bachelors degree in Percussion Performance from Columbia College Chicago as well as a Graduate Certificate in World Performance Studies and a Masters in Contemporary Improvisation from The University of Michigan. Adam has performed at renowned music festivals such as The Ann Arbor Edge Fest, The Chicago Jazz Festival, Homebody Festival in South Bend, IN, and The Present is Present Festival in Amsterdam, NL. Adam has performed alongside such musicians as Mary Oliver, John Dikeman, Jasper Stadhouders, Jason Stein, Steve Swell, Tim Daisy, Anna Webber, and Matt Piet. Adam is the founder of such groups as Adiaphora Orchestra, Piet/Piazza/Shead, Dikeman/Stadhouders/Piazza/Shead, and the Stein/Shead duo.