Adam has just graduated from Mission Viejo High School and plans to attend the University of Southern California as a jazz performance major in the fall. He began to teach himself jazz after listening to Vince Guaraldi’s “Charlie Brown Christmas” soundtrack. He was soon playing in school ensembles and outside groups. Receiving awards and recognition for his performances since 2000, Adam is the leader of the Adam Bravo Quintet, which was featured at the Orange County Live Music Festival in 2004. He was a winner of the Monterey Jazz Festival Next Generation High School Big Band Composition Competition, where his composition “Perpendicular to Reality” was performed. In 2006, Adam received the IAJE Outstanding Soloist Scholarship at the Irvine Jazz Festival. He sees his participation in the Vail Jazz Workshop as an invaluable opportunity to get immediate feedBack to 06 to avoid “dead ends” while practicing. He would like to make lasting connections with other musicians. He works on Boy Scout and Eagle Scout service projects and enjoys literature. Adam’s three favorite jazz pianists are Herbie Hancock, Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans.