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Harrison Leslie Adams (Composer)

Born: 30th December 1932, Cleveland, Ohio, United States

Nationality: American

Harrison Leslie Adams, Jr. is an American composer. His works have been performed by the Prague Radio Symphony, Iceland Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, and Indianapolis Symphony, and commissioned by The Cleveland Orchestra, Ohio Chamber Orchestra and Cleveland Chamber Symphony, among others. Metropolitan Opera artists have performed his vocal works internationally. Adams is best known for writing music for voice (including choral music, art songs, vocal solos, and music drama) but has also written numerous purely instrumental compositions as well. Adams's music is composed largely within the tradition of Western classical music and also incorporates elements unique to African-American music.

He is listed in New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd ed.; International Who's Who in Music and Musicians; and Who's Who in America.

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