{{short description|Canadian composer and double bassist (born 1982)}}

{{Infobox musical artist | name = Adam Scime | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = 1982 | birth_place = | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} (death date then birth date) --> | death_place = | genre = Classical | occupation = Composer | instrument = Double bass | years_active = | website = {{URL|adamscime.com}} | origin = Toronto }}

'''Adam Scime''' (born 1982) is a Canadian composer and double bassist based in Toronto, Ontario.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Versluis|first1=Tyler|title=FIVE MINUTES {{!}} Adam Scime On The Creative Process|url=http://www.musicaltoronto.org/2016/07/25/five-minutes-adam-scime/|website=Musical Toronto|accessdate=2 July 2017|date=25 July 2016}}</ref><ref name=hab>{{cite web|last1=Habermehl|first1=Krista|title=Music alumnus bringing it all back home|url=https://news.westernu.ca/2016/11/music-alumnus-bringing-back-home/|website=Western News|accessdate=2 July 2017|date=9 November 2016}}</ref><ref>[https://www.ludwig-van.com/toronto/2015/12/17/fits-bursts-where-are-the-beethovens-of-today/ "FITS & BURSTS | Where Are The Beethovens Of Today?"]. ''Ludwig-Van'', By Michael Vincent on December 17, 2015</ref>

==Early life and education== Scime was born in Hamilton.<ref name=hab /> He studied at the University of Western Ontario, graduating with a BMus in 2007 and an MMus in 2009. He also attended the University of Toronto as a Doctoral student in composition, where he began a long association with the Esprit Orchestra by winning a contest organized by the group.<ref>[https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/music/2017/09/11/esprit-orchestra-celebrates-35-years-of-championing-canadian-composers.html "Esprit Orchestra celebrates 35 years of championing Canadian composers"]. ''Toronto Star'', By Trish Crawford, Oct. 12, 2017</ref>

==Career== Scime played bass on Jim MacDonald's 2005 album ''Weights and Measures''.<ref>[https://lfpress.com/2015/01/14/reaneys-pick-jim-macdonald/wcm/0ec3c02c-2ec8-1d6f-9849-3bb0859c7013 "Reaney's Pick: Jim MacDonald"]. ''London Free Press'', By James Stewart Reaney, January 15, 2015</ref>

In 2012 Adam's piece ''Mirage'' earned third prize in the Sir Ernest MacMillan category of the Annual Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada Foundation Awards for Young Composers.<ref>{{cite web|title=SOCAN Foundation announces recipients of annual Young Composers Awards|url=https://www.socan.ca/news/socan-foundation-announces-recipients-annual-young-composers-awards|website=Socan.ca|accessdate=2 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304095311/https://www.socan.ca/news/socan-foundation-announces-recipients-annual-young-composers-awards|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Also in 2012 Adam's piece ''After the rioT'' was awarded the Karen Keiser Prize in Canadian Music. He has received commissioning grants from the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Ontario Arts Council that include works for Ensemble contemporain de Montréal, The Esprit Orchestra, Array Music, and New Music Concerts.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Rito|first1=Justin|title=Then and Now: Canadian Music of the Past, Present, and Future|url=https://www.icareifyoulisten.com/2013/02/then-and-now-canadian-music-past-present-future/|website=Icareifyoulisten.com|accessdate=2 July 2017|date=27 February 2013}}</ref><ref name="Pitts2016">{{cite book|first=Brandon|last=Pitts|title=Tender in the Age of Fury|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hD5nDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT2|date=1 January 2016|publisher=Mosaic Press|isbn=978-1-77161-175-6|page=2}}</ref>

In 2015 Scime won the Canadian Music Centre Toronto Emerging Composer Award.<ref>{{cite web|title=Adam Scime wins the 2015 Toronto Emerging Composer Award|url=https://www.musiccentre.ca/node/130637|website=Music Centre Canada|accessdate=2 July 2017|language=en}}</ref>

Scime became an associate of the Canadian Music Centre, and serves as music director for FAWN Chamber Creative in Toronto.

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== External links == *[https://web.archive.org/web/20170502163659/http://www.adamscime.com/index.html Official website] *{{cite web|title=Adam Scime - FAWN|url=http://www.fawnchambercreative.com/team/adam-scime/|website=FAWN|accessdate=2 July 2017}}{{Dead link|date=June 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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