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Violist Adam Paul Cordle performs as a soloist and chamber musician, appearing in venues throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, including Carnegie Hall's Weill and Zankel Halls. He performs with Trio Alexander, a flute-viola-harp ensemble, and the Suara Quartet; collaborates in duo partnerships with pianist Edith Widayani and soprano Susan Hochmiller; and serves as principal violist of the Gettysburg Chamber Orchestra.
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Teaching |
Dr. Cordle serves on the faculty at Gettysburg College, where teaches applied viola and violin, chamber music, string methods, string pedagogy, music theory, musicianship skills, and music appreciation, and directs a studio for violin, viola, and cello students ages 5 through 18 in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Every summer, he coordinates the chamber music program for the Messiah College Orchestra Camp and teaches viola and coaches chamber music at the Los Angeles and Oregon Suzuki Institutes.
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Research |
Dr. Cordle's research examines the role of musical gesture in conceiving, interpreting, and perceiving performed music, focusing on the nexus between the analysis and performance of musical gesture. He has applied these analytical techniques and performance practices to compositions by Claude Debussy, Kaija Saariaho, and Toru Takemitsu.
Dr. Cordle actively promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion in music through research and programming. With Duo590, he developed the project Perspectives Françaises, programs of music by French women composers including Lili & Nadia Boulanger, Fernande Decruck, Marcelle Soulage, and Pauline Viardot. With Trio Alexander, he strives toward achieving gender parity in programming, commissioning, arranging, and research.
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Service |
Dr. Cordle directs the Gettysburg chapter of If Music Be the Food…, a benefit concert series designed to support the efforts of the Gettysburg Community Soup Kitchen while teaching students the importance of using their art for service to their communities. He has also directed Music for All, a community engagement initiative that places students into local schools and community centers to present, perform, and discuss chamber music. Dr. Cordle currently serves on the board of the American VIola Society and has served previously as the treasurer of the OSSIA New Music Collective.
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Education |
Dr. Cordle earned the Doctor of Musical Arts in Performance & Literature with a concentration in Viola and minors in Music Theory and Pedagogy at the Eastman School of Music of the University of Rochester, where he also earned the Master of Music in Performance & Literature. He earned the Bachelor of Music degree at Baldwin Wallace University Conservatory of Music. His mentors include Phillip Ying, Carol Rodland, Masumi per Rostad, Karin Brown, Louise Zeitlin, Deborah Price, and members of the Cavani and Ying Quartets.
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