Local musician Adam Reynolds, left for Pittsburgh on Tuesday, July 12 to try out for American Idol.

Not knowing quite what to expect, he admitted he was a little nervous.

“I’ve been trying to keep pretty quiet about it,” he said. “I have friends who don’t even know that I’m going,” he said.

Registration was set for Wednesday and Thursday, and the auditions at Heinz Stadium will take place on Friday.

Adam started playing guitar when he was 14, motivated by his goal to sing and play guitar in public.

“I saved a pay check when I was working at DiOrio’s Market and bought a bass guitar from a buddy. It just spiraled from there,” he said.

Later he bought an acoustic guitar, “and fooled around with it for a while”, before he gained the confidence to play in front of people, he said.

Adam, who graduated from the Town of Webb School in 2005, completed an internship during his senior year with Al Worthen at Mountain Music through the school’s Educational Studies Career Opportunities (ESCO) program.

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