Sturdivant Adams
- Music Department
- Composer
Sturdivant Adams is a recipient of a 2020 ASCAP Morton Gould Award and a two-time nominee of the Hollywood Music in Media Awards - in 2020 for Aura and in 2019 for Between the Shadows. His debut feature film score for the adventure romance drama Prisoners of Paradise (AMG International Film) was recorded at Abbey Road Studios and is due for release in late 2021. Films he has scored have screened at festivals around the world, including the 2021 Cannes Film Festival and the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival.
Also passionate about concert music, Sturdivant's Symphony 2 was commissioned by Warsaw's Polin Museum and premiered in 2019 by the Sinfonia Varsovia. He has worked as an arranger for several Grammy-nominated jazz artists including Ambrose Akinmusire and Eric Harland. He holds an MPhil in Music Composition from the University of Oxford (2018), an MM in Screen Scoring from USC Thornton (2019), and a BA from Columbia University (2016). He was was selected for the 2019 USC Thornton Board of Councillors Mentorship, and the 2021-2022 Society of Composers and Lyricists Mentorship Program.
Also passionate about concert music, Sturdivant's Symphony 2 was commissioned by Warsaw's Polin Museum and premiered in 2019 by the Sinfonia Varsovia. He has worked as an arranger for several Grammy-nominated jazz artists including Ambrose Akinmusire and Eric Harland. He holds an MPhil in Music Composition from the University of Oxford (2018), an MM in Screen Scoring from USC Thornton (2019), and a BA from Columbia University (2016). He was was selected for the 2019 USC Thornton Board of Councillors Mentorship, and the 2021-2022 Society of Composers and Lyricists Mentorship Program.