[4] It was at the New England Conservatory that he met jazz composer-pianist Jaki Byard, an artist who exerted enormous influence on Wolosoff’s musical development.
His debut recital earned a glowing review from music critic Tim Page, then writing for The New York Times, who wrote that "Mr. Wolosoff is an artist with ideas.
[6] In 1986, the Music and Arts Programs of America released Wolosoff's debut recording as a pianist, featuring the works of Ferruccio Busoni.
[10] Wolosoff began receiving wider acclaim as a composer with the release of “Songs Without Words” on Naxos American Classics, a collection of 18 divertimenti performed by the Carpe Diem String Quartet.
[11] Another opera, “The Great Good Thing,” with a libretto by Debbie Danielpour based on the young adult novel by Roderick Townley, was workshopped by operamission in 2014.
[13] In 2019, he performed sections from a work-in-progress, “Scenes from the Odyssey,” written for piano, electric cello, and rock band at Guild Hall of East Hampton in New York.
[15] The White City, based on Erik Larsen’s The Devil in the White City and made in partnership with Melissa Thodos of Thodos Dance Chicago, enjoyed a two-season tour around the country and rave critical reviews: the Chicago Sun-Times named it “Best Dance of 2011.”[16] A Light in the Dark, inspired by the lives of Helen Keller and Ann Sullivan, was nominated for a Chicago/Midwest Emmy Award in Outstanding Achievement for Arts/Entertainment Programming.
[17] The Chicago Sun-Times described the production as “a feast for the senses,”[18] Dance Magazine as “masterful,”[19] and the Chicago Stage Standard as having “the hallmarks of an instant classic.”[20] Wolosoff wrote, performed, and recorded the music for Darkling, I Listen, an album of solo piano music that Reinking was set to use in a new ballet based on the life of John Keats.
[22] The album also included “The Astronomer’s Key,” a piano quartet informed by the artwork of Milton Resnick and commissioned by the Roswell Artists-in-Residence Program in honor of their 50th anniversary.
In a recurring project with the Pilobolus dance company and New York Academy of Art, Wolosoff improvises on the piano with dancers while they are drawn in real time.