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Play Nice

2023 · ~10'

Flutes, tenor saxophone, percussion, electronics

Wet Ink Ensemble
Erin Lesser, Alex Mincek, Ian Antonio, Sam Pluta, David Carlton Adams

Performed at Peabody Institute, June 2023.

Score

Thinking Out Loud

2024 · ~7'

Sinfonietta (15 musicians)

Old Bay New Music Ensemble

Performed at Peabody Institute, April 2024.

Score (coming soon)

three or four (of many)

2022 · ~9'30"

String quartet

Rothko Quartet

Also performed by JACK Quartet at NMOP, 2022.

Score (coming soon)

additional recordings

emergent 0.1

2022 · flute, electronics

emergence 1.0

2023 · MICA Vigil, Baltimore

the sum of its parts

2024 · solo prepared cello

words (from a friend)

2021 · voice, violin, cello, fretless electric guitar

communication is hard

2020 · percussion duet

On the Thin Ice of Modern Life

2020 · flutes, clarinets, and cello

annunciation

2021 · two operatic scenes · soprano, baritone, chorus, chamber ensemble, electronics

loneliness (is a wasp gall)

2020 · soprano, chamber ensemble

what did it feel like

2020/2023 · violin, soprano

what was…

2020 · SSMz, chamber ensemble

when it came…

2020 · SSMz, chamber ensemble

photos

David Carlton Adams performing at Le Mondo, January 2026
Le Mondo residency, January 2026 · Photo: Lyon van den Oord
David Carlton Adams with the Rothko Quartet, June 2025
With the Rothko Quartet, June 2025
David Carlton Adams, October 2024
Baltimore, October 2024
David Carlton Adams on flute at Le Mondo with SALLT, January 2026
Le Mondo residency, January 2026 · Photo: Lyon van den Oord