Artistic Directors
Daria Tedeschi Adams
A founding Artistic Director of Music in the Vineyards, violinist Daria Tedeschi Adams has been a member of the Grammy Award-winning St. Paul Chamber Orchestra for over 30 years. A graduate of the New England Conservatory and SUNY-Stonybrook, she considers herself a lifelong student, always interested in hearing and learning a new piece of music. As an Artistic Director of Music in the Vineyards, Daria enjoys curating programs that move, inspire, provoke, and delight audiences. Her choreographic arrangements of pieces by J.S. Bach, Aaron Copland, Kevin Puts, Arvö Part and Pablo de Sarasate have been heard frequently on MITV programs. A mother to three adult children, Daria and husband Michael live in Minneapolis, where she continues her quest to learn Italian.
Michael Adams
Violist and founding Artistic Director Michael Adams has enjoyed a career path that has led down many roads, as an orchestra musician, radio host, chamber musician, writer, and concert host/commentator at Music in the Vineyards concerts. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music, Michael joined The Minnesota Orchestra viola section at the invitation of Music Director Edo de Waart following a successful tenure as a Host/ Producer for classical WCAL-FM and later, for Minnesota Public Radio. Michael’s inimitable style (dangerously irreverent) has become a signature feature of these concerts, while his three adult children remain mystified that anyone would pay to hear their father speak. Michael is an avid bicyclist and he and Daria make their winter home in Minneapolis, which—thanks to climate change—will soon be the new Memphis in January.
Staff
Evie Ayers – Executive Director
2023/24 Board of Directors
Susan Key – President
Diana Bersohn – Vice President & Treasurer
Greg Evans – Secretary
- Dustin Chase-Woods
- Susan Duprey
- Anne Golden
- Violet Grgich
- John Meyer
- Michael Steinberg
