Adam Gurczak is a Boston-based performer, educator, creative consultant, and visual artist who is passionate about the intersection of arts and social change.

He serves as the Education Programs Manager for Silkroad – a non-profit organization and Grammy Award-winning touring ensemble founded by Yo-Yo Ma – and works as a freelance artist and consultant with various arts organizations, providing support across social media, branding, and marketing. As an active musician himself, he performs as part of the progressive folk duo So Blue, with various singer-songwriters, and in ensembles like the New England Symphony, Boston New Music Initiative, Boston Chamber Symphony, New England Philharmonic, and Cape Ann Symphony. 

As a teacher, he runs his own private studio; serves as faculty at the New England Conservatory Prep School and Wayland School of Music; and is a founding faculty member of StringPlay, a creative summer camp for string players focused on skills like arranging, improvising, and performing. Since 2021, he has annually been a guest lecturer at Harvard University’s Strategic Finance for Non-Profit Leaders course and, in 2024, he served on a panel for Music as a Social Force at Berklee College’s Teachers on Teaching conference. He also serves on the board for the Gilbert Town Fiddlers, of which he is an alum.

As a photographer and designer, Adam works with artists and arts organizations to bring their creative visions to life. These projects consist of album designs, creative photoshoots, website designs, merchandising, annual reports, video editing, and more. His work on Silkroad’s annual reports have been used as featured models at George Mason University’s Arts Management department. Believing in the power of visual storytelling and aesthetic impact, he strives to support others to best showcase their art and creativity.

Adam is part of the 2024-2025 cohort of the Global Leaders Institute, accepted as one of 60 people from over 30 countries, pursuing an MBA in Arts Innovation with modules co-curated by institutes at Harvard, Georgetown, Stanford, Duke, University of Chicago, and more. Adam has a Master of Music from Boston Conservatory at Berklee and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Arizona with a B.M. in Music Performance, a B.A. in Italian Studies, and a Thematic Minor in Global Studies. He studied under the tutelage of Dr. Dan Swaim, Dr. Philip Alejo, Susan Hagen, and Joseph Holt.