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A resident of San Francisco since 1978, he has been an active church musician, organ recitalist, vocal coach, and has served as Interim Assistant Organist at Grace Cathedral, and Assistant Conductor-Accompanist for the San Francisco Choral Society, the Sonoma City Opera and the Contra Costa Chorale. Robert Train Adams, Music Director, Fall 2009-Fall 2011 Dr. Adams joined the San Francisco Lyric Chorus originally in Fall 2006 as Assistant Conductor and Concert Accompanist. When Robert Gurney resigned as Music Director in September 2009, Dr. Adams graciously agreed to become Music Director, and served in that position from Fall 2009 through Fall 2011. In addition to working with the San Francisco Lyric Chorus, Dr. Adams was Minister of Music at St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in Orinda, where he directed the Chancel, Handbell, and Children's choirs. He retired from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, having served at the University of Massachusetts, Susquehanna University (Pennsylvania) and the University of Montevallo (Alabama) as music professor and department head over a 25-year career. Dr. Adams received music degrees through the Ph.D. from the University of California Berkeley, having studied composition with Joaquin Nin-Culmell, Richard Felciano, and Olly Wilson. After being awarded the George Ladd Prix de Paris, Dr. Adams studied composition at the Paris Conservatory with Tony Aubin and the Amsterdam (now Sweelinck) Conservatory with Ton de Leeuw. His compositional activities focus on works for choral and instrumental chamber ensembles. The first volume of his liturgical piano works, I Come With Joy, was published by Augsburg Press in Spring 2007. Prior to joining the Lyric Chorus, Dr. Adams was Music Director of Oure Pleasure, an Attleboro, Massachusetts-based auditioned choral ensemble.
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