Cory Adams was born and raised in Raceland, Louisiana, a small town approximately fifty miles west of New Orleans. He has been a professional composer for twenty-five plus years, composing for wind ensemble, orchestra, choir and film. 

He received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. Cory had the necessary credit hours to be awarded a degree in music composition but the university had discontinued this degree program. In May of 2017, he completed a Masters Degree in Music Production and Sound Design for Visual Media from the Academy of Art University in San Fransisco, California.

Cory has studied music theory, composition and orchestration techniques under Dr. Stuart Folse, Ms. Sharon Eroche, Mr. Craig Kupka, Ms. Carla Lucero, Mr. Eric Bikales, Mr. Jason Martineau, Mr. Dirk Epperson, Mr. Sahba Aminikia and Mr. Baxter Robertson. 

He has studied the  Pro Tools DAW under Mr. Benjamin McDaniel and the Logic DAW under Grammy-nominated sound engineer Chris Eichmann and film composer Travis Kasperbauer.

He has studied music editing with composer Gunnar Doboze and Sound Design with Brian Magerkurth, Steve Romanko and Jason Liu.

 

The goal of Mr. Adams as a composer and sound designer is to provide high quality composition, audio production and sound design in a timely and efficient manner. He has composed works in a multitude of styles for a variety of ensembles and continues to work in film scoring on a regular basis.



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