Dr. Adam Snow is the Director of Percussion Studies at California State University, Los Angeles and formerly oversaw the percussion programs at Winthrop University and Davidson College. Some notable artists with whom he has performed include jazz masters Chick Corea and Pat Metheny, funk bass legend George Porter Jr., celebrated tenor Andrea Bocelli, Broadway star Kristen Chenoweth, Shona mbira visionary Chartwell Dutiro, Afro-Cuban percussion virtuosos Jesus Diaz and Michael Spiro, and Clarence "Big Man" Clemons of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, among others.

In 2013, Adam began touring with the New York City-based ensemble Matuto. The self-proclaimed “Pioneers of Brazilian Bluegrass” blend elements of Forró from the Northeast of Brazil with Americana, Old Time, and Bluegrass. The Chicago Sun-Times puts them at “the heights of world music sophistication" and Jazz Times magazine calls them “weird, wonderful, unorthodox, and delightful.” Through the U.S. State Department’s American Musicians Abroad (AMA) program, Matuto has traveled the globe as cultural ambassadors and Adam has had the opportunity to perform and conduct workshops with Matuto in Europe, South America, Canada, and from coast to coast in the United States.

Dr. Snow received a Bachelor of Music Education and Master of Music degree from Winthrop University in Rock Hill, South Carolina. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Dr. Snow is a member of Percussive Arts Society (PAS), Jazz Educators Network, The Society for Ethnomusicology, and Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society. He is a contributor to the Percussive Arts Society's journal Percussive Notes, currently serves on the PAS World Percussion Committee, and is an artist endorser for Innovative Percussion. His compositions are available through Bachovich Music Publications and C. Alan Publications.