Philip Adair
Philip Adair began his journey with music at age six when he started taking piano lessons from a teacher down the street in his Decatur neighborhood.
On recommendation by his band director Mr. Hatmaker, he then applied, auditioned, and was accepted to several music schools including Berklee College of Music - settling on The University of Memphis where he majored in jazz on a partial scholarship studying under pianist Chris Parker while also minoring in recording technology and making beats on the side, before finally transferring to Huston-Tillotson University on a full music scholarship. He went on to represent the school in the HBCU All-Star Big Band in 2009 under the direction of the African American Jazz Caucus which performed at the Schomburg Center that winter, and after graduating from HTU in 2012 with a bachelors degree in music performance, he moved back to Atlanta to teach, compose, perform at venues all over the world!