MARY KAY ADAMS
MARY KAY ADAMS, Bach Festival executive director and principal flutist, is currently principal flutist in the Shenandoah Symphony Orchestra, where she was previously principal cellist.
She has played flute in the Roanoke Symphony and cello in the Fort Smith (AR) Symphony. Active as a soloist and chamber musician on both flute and cello, she has performed at conventions of the National Flute Association and Music Educators National Conference.
Currently, she is also assistant director of the Honors Program at James Madison University. She has taught for 27 years in the music departments of several colleges and universities, including Eastern Mennonite University, James Madison University, Bridgewater College, Mary Baldwin College, Washington and Lee University, Liberty University, and Arkansas Tech University. She has also taught in the Preparatory Music Program at EMU.
Her Bachelor of Music degree is from the University of North Texas in both flute and cello performance and her M.M. is from UNT in flute performance, with minors in musicology and music theory.