Adam Wolf is a composer, hornist and educator based in Los Angeles. Wolf had his first compositional premiere at the age of 18 with a concert band work entitled “Phasmatis”. Shortly after, he was commissioned by Long Beach City College and Eastlake High School for a series of band pieces. In 2010 Wolf began composing and arranging music for marching bands, and has since been commissioned for this yearly. In 2012, he started a rock fusion band called “Rock Horn Project”, an ensemble which consisted of a string quartet and rhythm section with horn as the lead solo instrument. In addition to performing as the soloist of this ensemble, Wolf composed all of the music for Rock Horn Project from 2012-2017, including two albums and two singles. Wolf’s work with Rock Horn Project helped establish him as a notable artist in the brass world. Since then, commissions have included a trombone concerto titled The Devil Insid​​e, commissioned by Jim Miller of the Los Angeles Philharmonic; Silhouette, a concerto for horn and wind band commissioned by Ball State University; Cruise Control, commissioned by New York hornist Steve Cohen, and Heroine, commissioned by acclaimed horn soloist Denise Tryon. In 2021 he was commissioned by the United States Air Force for a woodwind quintet piece, entitled Airborne!. Wolf’s first orchestral commission, Everything In-Between premiered in 2023 by the Omaha Symphony with soloist Brett Hodge. 

As a hornist, Wolf is an active chamber and orchestral player, studio musician, and solo performer. He has recorded and performed with many artists and composers, including The Who, Miley Cyrus, Will.I.Am, Billy Idol, John Williams, James Newton Howard, Ludwig Göransson, Danny Elfman, John Debney, Lorne Balfe, Arturo Sandoval, and Pinar Toprak.

As an orchestral player, Adam has had the privilege to perform with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Los Angeles Opera, San Diego Symphony, Omaha Symphony, and Pacific Symphony. He is also Principal Horn of the Redlands Symphony and Third Horn of the Modesto Symphony.

From 2017 to 2026 Adam was on faculty at the University of Redlands where he served as the Artist Teacher of Horn. He is a Performing Artist for Conn-Selmer, and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Composition and Performance from California Institute of the Arts.