Adam Saunders
Professorial Staff - Academic Studies / Module Leader (BA Music Performance and Industry)
Music
Trinity Laban Faculty of Music
King Charles Court
Greenwich Peninsula
London
SE10 9JF
Email: Ad.Saunders@trinitylaban.ac.uk
Biography
Adam has designed and led projects with some of the country’s leading organisations including the National Youth Orchestra, the Southbank Centre and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance.
Adam thrives on large-scale collaborations; his latest musical, ‘Thames Tales’, was performed at the Royal Albert Hall, by a cast of over a thousand. Other recent projects include partnerships with the South African High Commission, the Tower of London and the New Wimbledon Theatre.
As a creative consultant, he has worked on numerous global advertising campaigns. In 2019, he was the musical director for Amazon’s holiday campaign, conducting a choir of workers from an Amazon fulfilment centre outside Paris.
He has appeared as a keynote speaker at national and international music conferences including the Big Gig (Melbourne), Music and Drama Education Expo (London) and the Music Learning Revolution (Manchester). He is an advisor for Trinity College London, Musical Futures International, Sing Up and the Abram Wilson Foundation.
He has curated and conducted choirs across the UK, including Citibank, Bupa Head Office and the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS choir (first seen on the Gareth Malone BBC 2 programme ‘Sing While You Work’).
Adam is one of the feature pianists for DECCA records ‘Music Lab Collective’ and has performed at some of the UK’s most iconic venues including the Royal Festival Hall, Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club, the Camden Roundhouse and the Hammersmith Apollo.