About Adam Sweet

Adam and Emily Sweet

Adam Sweet has a BA in music and certificates in music education.  He graduated from Hampshire College in 1985 and began teaching fiddle and mandolin part-time in 1986.  In 2009, Adam became a full time teacher offering private and group lessons on violin-family and mandolin-family instruments, guitar, bass and Irish bouzouki:

2004-2019 Celticado with Jim Bunting on guitar, mandolin and bouzouki, and Adam Sweet on fiddle and mandolin

1997-2004 Woodkerne with Paul Burton on guitar, John Rough on banjo, Dan Richardson on bodhran, Andy Weiner on bodhran and Adam Sweet on fiddle and Irish bouzouki

1997-1999 Swift River Bluegrass with Claiborne Woodall guitar, John Rough banjo, Bruce bass and Adam Sweet fiddle

1989-1999 Maple Ridge Bluegrass with Terry Atkinson guitar, John Rough banjo, Joe Blumenthal bass and Adam Sweet fiddle/mandolin

1986-1990 Pioneer Valley Symphony Orchestra with Nathan Gotschalk, conductor

1989-1999 Valley Light Opera

1980-1985 Hampshire College - Five College Symphony Orchestra and various string bands with friends: Pieces of Neck, Backwoods Medicine and The Lonesome Fish Quintet

1978-1980 GBYSO  including a tour of Europe

1974-1980 The Conservatory at Rivers, Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music

1966-1974 The New England Conservatory of Music (pilot Suzuki program at Dana Hall)