Since beginning her musical journey at age 9 through Tucson’s public music education, Adrienne has since performed as a soloist and chamber musician in eleven U.S. states and several countries spanning North America and Europe. She has participated in music festivals including Interharmony International Music Festival in Arcidosso, Italy; the Karen Tuttle Viola Workshop; Rocky Ridge Summer Music Camp; and the New York Summer Music Festival (where she received their Full Scholarship Award in 2009). Ms. Cannon’s primary teachers have included Hong-Mei Xiao and Dennis Bourret. She has also studied with and participated in master classes from dozens of the world’s most prominent violists. Ms. Cannon has been the recipient of awards including the Tucson Philharmonia Scholarship Competition Merit Award (2010) and the Young Musicians Competition: Honorable Mention, Division Four Finalist (2008).
Adrienne has devoted much of her life to involvement in her community as a teacher and performer. She began her teaching career in 2010 as a sectional coach through “Tucson Jr. Strings,” of which she is an alumni. Ms. Cannon has since been invited as a guest clinician for a number of local orchestra programs. Ms. Cannon also volunteers her talents as a violist for the church choirs of St. Christopher and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, under the direction of Dominic Muller, and as a volunteer violin instructor through Tucson Summer Music. In order to teach music fundamentals in a fun and engaging way, her teaching strategy employs music-reading games from day one, as well as early entry to music theory, history, and ear training!
As an advocate of new music, Ms. Cannon has premiered countless original works by many of today’s contemporary composers. She studied music composition with Pamela Decker after receiving performances of her orchestral compositions by the Tucson Symphony Orchestra as a member of their Young Composers’ Project. Adrienne continues to pursue her passion for composition by writing original compositions for her students.
Adrienne Cannon is currently pursuing her Master’s of Music degree at the University of Arizona.
