Adam Poynor

Born and raised in Abilene, Adam Poynor earned both a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education and a Master of Music degree in Choral conducting from Hardin-Simmons University.

Before going into his teaching career, he was the Assistant Director of the Abilene Performing Arts Company for three years. He began performing on stage with Paramount Productions, Abilene Community Theatre, and the McMurry Summer Musical Theatre Program in 1997-2010 with Barnaby from Hello Dolly as his debut role. In 2007 he began to join the production teams as the Musical Director for some of those companies.

He began his teaching career in 2010 when he moved to Austin to be the choir director at Chapa Middle School. While there, he transformed the choral program into one that consistently showed success and growth. He also held many leadership positions and was named Teacher-of-the-Year in 2017. He was the Region 18 Middle School Vocal Coordinator between 2015-2017. In 2017 he became the assistant choir director at Stony Point High School in Round Rock. He moved to Lake Travis High School the following year (2018) and has loved every minute of it. The Cavalier Choir feels like home and he is so proud to be able to lead this talented group and the school musicals year after year.

Adam is a member of Texas Choral Directors Association, American Choral Directors Association, Texas Music Educators Association, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, conducts the Lakeway Wildflowers, and sings with Voci d'Amici.

When not teaching, Adam enjoys cooking, running, and spending time with his husband and corgis, Lindy and Cole.