Purpose Statement:

"To stimulate and rejuvenate sincere, heart driven, truth centered, spirit motivated effective music ministry in the local church to provoke God's presence and experience the manifestation of transformed lives consistently."

Workshop Presenter: Musicianship 101 - Adam Rogers


Adam Rogers was born and raised in the Oakland/ San Francisco Bay Area. He has been singing and playing the piano and Hammond B3 organ all across the country for 25 years. His musical background is deep in gospel music. Adam has created a hybrid between gospel, classical, ragtime, and gothic music; it has been said that Adam’s musical style is in a class by its self.

He is a high energy, creative musician and director. In 1998 at the age of 18 was the guest artist director for the Acts Full Gospel Church in Oakland (and 6 thousand member church) for their Youth Empowerment Conference in which Judge Mathis was the keynote speaker. From 1998 to 2004 Adam was a member of the National Youth Choir Music Staff of the Churches of God in Christ under the leadership of Iris Stevenson from Los Angeles, California. In 2008 Adam was the Youth Director of the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir which has won a Grammy Award.

Adam has worked with the world renowned Grammy Award winning artist and producer Rafael Saadiq on a cd project with the group The Sons of the Soul Revivers of San Francisco. In the past Adam has served as the gospel music director for American Express Hall of Fame; which was held in San Francisco California in the summer of 2005. Adam Rogers was the Musical Director for St Mary's College Gospel Choir for 2 years and Contra Costa College Gospel Choir for 5 years, currently Adam is the gospel choir director at the world renowned University of California, Berkeley. He has been recognized by his peers and has been nominated in 2001, 2003 for the Bay Area’s musician of the year also in 2007 was nominated for musician of the year by the Bay Area Black Music Awards. Adam has opened up for Oleta Adams and has been a guest artist for the Bay Area Organ Donation Benefit Concert in 2008. Since 1996 to the present day Adam Rogers has played for gospel recording artist such as Marvin Sapp, Tonex, the late Timothy Wright, Norman Hutchins, Twinkie Clark, Eugene Cole, Tachina Danelle, Lawrence Matthews, Olivet MBC, Kervy Brown, Troy Sneed, David Frazier, Kelvin Lenox, Myron Williams, Prince Yelder, Iris Stephens, Kim Burrell, Malcolm Williams, Dorinda Clark-Cole, Donald Lawrence & Richard Smallwood, Judith McAlister, Nikki Ross ,Renetha Macklin, Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, Montage Pheloan of Chicago, Craig Haynes of New Jersey, Sons of the Soul Revivers of San Francisco, Women of Worship division of GMWA, Beverly Crawford, Daryl Coley, Sista Cantaloupe, Min. John Peavy & Voice of Vision and Praise, Cynthia Carter-Hill the list goes on and on.

Adam Rogers is also a songwriter and publisher with B.M.I. His songs have started to be played on the radio and clips of performances on multiple websites like: youtube.com, gospelchops.com, facebook.com and myspace.com. In 2007 Adam was added to the music staff of the Women of Worship, the women’s division of the GMWA as a music arranger & recording musician. He is also an active member of The Recording Academy San Francisco Chapter (Grammy’s). Adam has graduated from Laney College in Oakland California with his two Associate degrees one in Art & Humanities and the other in Social Science also Adam is currently attending San Francisco State University receiving his BA in Philosophy and another in Music. The learning Adam has received at San Francisco State University has branched him out into other music venues such as jazz, nu-soul, world music, spoken word and R & B. In 2009 Adam Hosted Northern California’s largest Praise & Worship Conference with Dr. Judith McAllister with out of state delegates all the way from Seattle Washington and Portland Organ. In 2009 Adam was made the Home & Foreign Mission District Director of Music which has 36 churches in it. Adam also was added to David Frazier's (a Stellar and Dove Award winning writer and producer) production staff in 2009 also in 2009 Adam was added as the Musical Director of the Bay Area smash hit stage play, Misery Loves Company.


In 2005 Adam started his music production company called ADAMOLOGY INC and with that name pick up the name ADAMOLOGY. Adam has been in T.V. commercials for Nike and Sega. Adam is also involved in building the community and helping those individuals who are in need with two clothing drives a year. Adam is a member of Rainbow PUSH Coalition who’s founder is the legendary leader Rev. Jessie Jackson; Adam is musically talented, educated, spiritual and involved in building the community. Adam is starting on his first cd and has begun producing gospel, jazz and nu-soul projects; look out for the OLOGY sound.
Adam Rogers is a powerful, positive moving jet, moving upward towards greatness.