Brady Wolff is a Kansas City-native composer whose work serves as a personal diary, capturing his fascination with our world through morphing bodies of sound, intense rhythmic activity, and influence from mathematical processes. Often dark and cerebral in nature, Brady’s music combines a deep historical fluency with modern perspectives to create works that engage with themes of climate change, queer identity, and neurodiversity. Influenced by his experiences with Tourette syndrome, much of Brady’s music contemplates themes of discomfort, tension, and control.

Brady’s music has been performed by artists and groups such as Lindsay Kesselman, and the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, and he has been featured at the Estivales de Lods, International Double Reed Society Conference, Emerging Composers Intensive, and Sewanee Music Festival. He has also been honored by ASCAP, The Presser Foundation, The Missouri Composer’s Project, Marker and Pioneer International Cultural Exchange Center, FOCAM, and the ARTZenter Institute.

A devoted educator, Brady combines his dedication to inclusivity and self-expression through teaching approaches that empower students to uncover their unique artistic voices. Brady also holds a B.M. from the University of Missouri-Kansas City in both music composition and theory, and is pursuing his M.M. at the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music. He counts among his mentors Piyawat Louilarpprasert, Aaron Travers, Chen Yi, Yotam Haber, and Paul Rudy.

Brady’s favorite song is “Angel of Small Death and the Codeine Scene” by Hozier. When not composing, Brady enjoys reading, scuba diving, and tending to his large collection of houseplants.