Biography
Ked Adams (b. 2000) is composer and performer currently residing in Manhattan, New York. They graduated from the Manhattan School of Music with a Master of Composition in May 2025, and University of North Florida in May of 2022 with a Bachelor in Music Performance. Ked has extensive performance experience in many kinds of ensembles, including wind symphonies, symphonic orchestras, saxophone quartets, pit orchestras, and more. They have also been awarded commission prizes at MSM, including one for Ekmeles Vocal Ensemble, as well as outstanding musicianship multiple times at UNF, as well as being selected as a winner of the 2022 Annual Concerto Competition.
More on the nature of music
I believe that music parallels the natural connections found in all of life. The harmonic series is present not only in sound, but in all kinds of waves and rhythmic interaction. My music is a celebration of this connection between all things and the way it unites us as a human race.
I also believe there is an infinite potential for rhythmic, tonal, and timbral combinations in sound. No piece can be experienced the same way twice, even with maximum control over any element of music. Music is within every creature and should be made a part of our lives in everything we do.
