01.07.12 Cappella Romana presents - With 26 voices including an augmented bass section to anchor Rachmaninoff's dark, almost subterranean sound, the choir was larger than usual but well-blended, sonorous and focused nonetheless.

01.09.12 Rachmaninoff's 'All-Night Vigil' - Kerry McCarthy’s deep, strong alto solos in Psalm 103 were a highlight, as was bass Adam Steele’s chanting as the Deacon.

01.12.13 Sonic Pleasure with Rachmaninoff - Artistic director Alexander Lingas, keen as ever not to lose liturgical focus in the concert setting, added hymns by Piotr Tchaikovsky and Alexandr Kastalsky for liturgical completeness and retained the chants of the deacon (masterfully intoned by Adam Steele...

01.14.13 Rachmaninoff Review Oregon Music News - “[Adam] Steele did an incredible job in making the rich, ancient phonemes of the Old Church Slavonic come alive. His was the most difficult task of the evening, yet he sang with a real feel for the cadence of the language, rendering both beautiful and gentle this difficult, consonant-rich tongue.

01.01.15 The Ensemble - The fifth set presented a beautifully blended “Hodie Christus natus est by Niels La Cour (Danish), bell-like clarity in “Tota pulchra est” by Maurice Duruflé (French), excellent dynamic contrast in “O magnum mysterium by local composer Adam Steele, and a soaring soprano line at the end of “Ave Maria” by Frank La Rocca (American).

05.18.17 Concert for Peace - Coordinating and directing the interfaith concert is Adam Steele, a music teacher and director of music ministries at the Oregon Episcopal School, Oregon Islamic Academy, and St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church in Northeast Portland. According to Steele, music — regardless of culture, beliefs, or backgrounds — can have a universal appeal in terms of containing messages of hope.