Celebrated pianist Adam Tendler has created a life in the arts that few can match. Upon an early graduation with distinction from Indiana University School of Music, he immediately began co-authoring a second edition of The History of American Classical Music by John Warthen Struble and Philip Glass. The book led to Tendler's conception of America 88x50, an unprecedented fusion of grassroots and classical tradition in which he independently teamed with arts organizations in all fifty states to perform free lecture-recitals of modern American piano music to underserved communities. Tendler singularly organized and managed the tour with no outside funding, living out of his car while authoring a memoir on the experience.

After America 88x50, Tendler moved to Houston, TX, where he served for two years as the Artistic Director of Foundation for Modern Music, a nonprofit supporting and presenting the work of living composers, while also contributing regularly to Houston NPR. Tendler now maintains a private teaching studio in New York City, touring as a performer and composing privately. He recently premiered and recorded Autumn Lines, his first extended work for amplified pianist, and is currently composing a song cycle based the poetry of Richard Brautigan. He is also developing an experimental theater piece based on personal ads placed across the country on Christmas day. www.myspacemusic.com/adamtendler