Meet RadBrass

­­Randy Adams is Professor of Trumpet at Sam Houston State University where he has taught since 1992.  He served as Houston Symphony Orchestra Interim Trumpet for the 2001-2002 season and has been a member of the Houston Grand Opera Orchestra since 1984.

Randy also performs with the Houston Ballet Orchestra and he performed Broadway musicals for 12 years with Houston’s Theatre Under the Stars. Randy toured Europe during the summer months for 20 years with Alpenfest singing, yodeling and performing cornet solos, alpenhorn, guitar, musical handsaw, European folk music, and a variety of other musical styles, and he is now performing and recording with his own band Auf Geht’s Musik. 

Randy plays guitar and bass at St. Cuthbert Episcopal Church in Houston, and he has recorded two solo guitar CD’s for the church.  He has also written more than 150 hymn arrangements for brass and winds with original descants and guitar chords. Randy has also written for brass, trumpet, and choral ensembles. Randy’s work with brass ensembles and students over the years has driven him to generate a collection of solos, ensembles, etudes, and educational materials for use in various applications and difficulty levels. These materials have been field-tested and are now being made available to anyone who may benefit from their use. All RAdBrass products are available for download directly from our website. To see the complete collection of hymn arrangements with descants and parts for brass, winds, strings, timpani, piano and guitar, visit CuthbertPraise.com.

In recent years Randy’s trumpet students at Sam Houston State University have accrued an impressive list of accomplishments including two years placing in the top five in the National Trumpet Competition’s Trumpet Ensemble division. Two SHSU students have played Lead Trumpet in the Disney College All-Star Band and graduates have gone on to play Lead Trumpet in the prestigious UNT “One O’Clock” Lab Band and sub with the Houston, Dallas and Pittsburgh Symphonies.