A seasoned performer on modern as well as baroque oboe, Adam Shapiro he has performed with the Seattle Symphony, and New Jersey Symphony orchestras, as well as with the American Bach Soloists. Adam is also a member of the Seattle 5th Avenue and Village Theater pit orchestras. Adam earned his DMA in Performance Practice from Rutgers University. As a teacher, Adam has been a lecturer at the University of Washington and maintains an active private studio. He is a frequent clinician in the US and Europe and has conducted residencies at UNLV, U of I Champaign Urbana, University of Kansas, and Cambridge University UK. He studied with Ray Still, Grover Schiltz, Ronald Roseman and Stephen Hammer.