Dr. Christina Adams

Viola

Email: cmadams3@usf.edu
Phone: (813) 974-2311
Office: MUS 359

Dr. Christina Adams has served on USF’s music faculty since 2021 as Instructor of Violin, Viola,
and Chamber Music, and is a Violin and Viola instructor for the USF Community Music Project.
She is also Assistant Director of Strings and Chamber Music at the Brancaleoni International
Music Festival, and holds degrees from the University of South Florida, Boston University, and a D.M.A. from the University of Michigan.

Dr. Adams appears frequently as a solo, chamber, and orchestral musician. She has collaborated with leading artists from around the country, including New York Philharmonic principals Frank Huang, Michelle Kim, Cynthia Phelps, and Carter Brey, and has performed throughout the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Festival appearances include the Killington Music Festival, Green Mountain Chamber Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, & Hot Springs Music Festival. She has previously held positions with both the Ann Arbor and Jackson Symphony Orchestras, and her performances have been heard on radio stations throughout the U.S., including several appearances on WUSF 89.7.

One of Dr. Adams’s main areas of focus is making classical music relatable and accessible. She
previously served as the artistic director of "If Music Be the Food...Lansing," a concert series that directly benefits the Greater Lansing Food Bank. Additionally, she was a member of Chamber Music Michigan, an initiative that focuses on outreach concerts within the Ann Arbor community.

Dr. Adams is an enthusiastic advocate for contemporary classical music and has worked closely
with composers Augusta Read Thomas, David Del Tredici, Salvatore Sciarrino, Michael
Timpson, and Ricardo Zohn-Muldoon, and has premiered and recorded pieces for Taiwanese
composer Chihchun Chi-Sun Lee. She is the violinist/violist of the Four Corners Ensemble, a
new music group that focuses on the universal nature of music and cultivates pieces from
diverse backgrounds. She also serves as the Director of the Instrumental Program for their
summer festival, 4CE x CPI at Louisiana State University.

She can be heard on Navona Records with the Four Corners Ensemble on their album, “World
Map.”