Adam Grossman:  

CLASS OF 1978
Mill valley, CA

Adam's Story

Wanted to mention since there is no option for fairly traded organic coffee and let's see Neither Letterman nor Leno would appear to represent anything that I might want to believe in...-maybe more like that guy--Sarah Silvermans husband? i don't know i never watch late night tv anyway...:0 i've forgotten the other ones: pet peeves anyone? i've got bundles of them...mostly to do w/loud 'infernal combustion' vehicles or the sound systems therein...sorry if i sound like an old crank but maybe i am...been living in the inner city(tl)for a decade or more now...i was excited re: it for a while: thought i was going to be 'in the trenches' -on the 'front lines' of the war against poor folks in this country...now i can't wait for gentrification to happen fast enough(kidding!! however u hopefully understand how i feel) the music carreer didn't continue btw: i went to Europe w/my family again in 1978 after a deeelightful summer in the house of the Great Bob Greenwood(does anyone know how he is btw? last i heard he was hanging out behind his computer a lot...i feel i might have an apology or three from that time to offer) In Any event: so i studied voice and trumpet -trumpet w/a world champion trumpet player called...hmmm.well in any case voice w/Aulikki Rautavaara i believe in Finland where i went to the Savonlinna Opera Festival w/my then 'partner' Mezzo Soprano Leena Tanskanen who i'd met singing at the American Church of Rome where we(my family minus my big brother Ethan who was working...Expand for more
in...-Africa?)lived on via Salaria in a nice place w/a big white grand piano and a great big balcony w/star Jasmine and -well then i went to a (Rudolph) Steiner School: Emerson College in England where idid the foundation year (mostly drama--lots of Shakespeare)and played a beautiful Bechstein grand w/the gardener there who was responsible for rekindling (or connecting in me for the first time?)a true love of classical music... well there i ended up having some sort of a 'problem' and having to be taken back to Italy by my Mom where i was catatonic for a bit...well to be brief(i had a seizure a while back and i find strobing things like screens annoying after a while) well in an case i hope everyone is well(Hi Sandy!!)(the only person from that era i've managed to get back in touch w/if only briefly)and now have a baby grand by something called Shafer and sons(apparently the first mass produced grand made in korea for a big kb shop here-Colton or?)and am cycling for exercise and transportation(let myself go i'm afraid a bit over the years--taurean love of food and all)and am happy to report that i'm quickly(ok not SO quickly but anyway)getting into the best shape of my life...-actually went up to Santa Rosa to visit my mom and back logging some 150 miles on ye olde cyclocomputer there and back.(tho' i had to take a bus for a bit of the way as it was getting late and dark and i didn't know the way) the Orbea my family helped me get four years ago helped a lot w/this endevour...gtg
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