Adam Ward
Director of Music Ministries
704.714.9360
award@providenceumc.org

Adam Micah Ward is the Director of Music Ministries at Providence United Methodist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina.  At Providence, Adam oversees a large music ministry program, is working on the institution of a music academy for the community.  His work also involves leading the church’s organ committee in the design and procurement of a new organ for their worship space.

Before coming to Providence, Adam served as the Organist and Choirmaster at First United Methodist Church of Salisbury, North Carolina for ten and a half years, where he also directed the Concert Choir, Inc. of Salisbury.

Receiving the Doctor of Musical Arts, Master of Music, and Bachelor of Music degrees in Organ Performance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Adam also studied piano, harpsichord, voice and choral conducting at the University.  During his time at the University, Adam accompanied the University Chorale, the University Men’s Glee Club, and was an adjunct lecturer in organ.  He is a Past Dean of the American Guild of Organists Greater-Greensboro Chapter. 

Having performed throughout the Southeast United States, Adam has presented recitals at the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, DC, at St. Philip=s Cathedral in Atlanta, and at Bruton Parish Church in Colonial Williamsburg.  He has also performed at the York Minster in Great Britain as well as recitals in Treviso and Torre del Greco in Italy. 

Adam is the proud father of his five-year old son, Benjamin Michael Ward.

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