Alex Mincek
214 west 92nd St. Apt. 6A
NY, NY 10025
aeolus75@aol.com
Columbia University: 2004-present
Doctor of Musical Arts (anticipated 2009)
Composition: Tristan Murail, Fred Lerdahl and Sebastian Currier
Manhattan School of Music: 2000-02
Master of Music
Composition: Nils Vigeland
Manhattan School of Music: 1995-08
Bachelor of Music
Saxophone/Flute/Clarinet: Richard Oatts
University of North Florida: 1993-95
Saxophone/Improvisation: Bunky Green
Composer in residence with Present Music (Art, Architecture and Music)—Milwaukee, WI: 2007
Royaumont Viox Novelles—Asnieres-sur-Oise, France: 2007
Composition: Brian Ferneyhough, Daniel D’Adamo and Thierry Blondeau
Featured composer at Musiques Demesurees—Clermont-Ferrand, France: 2007
Darmstadt Institute for New Music--Darmstadt, Germany: 2006
Composition: Beat Furrer and Helmut Lachenmann
Ostrava Days--Oatrava, Czech Republic: 2005
Composition: Louis Andriessen and Rebecca Saunders
Ostrava Days--Oatrava, Czech Republic: 2003
Composition: Alvin Lucier, Christian Wolff and Petr Kotik
Ostrava Days--Oatrava, Czech Republic: 2001
Composition: Martin Smolka and Phil Niblock
Foundation Royaumont: 2007
International Music Institute Darmstadt: 2006
Meet The Composer: 2005
Ostrava New Music Center: 2005, 2003, 2001
Columbia University : 2004
Manhattan School of Music: 2001
National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts: 1993
Les Percussions de Strasbourg: 2009
For six percussionists
Due East: 2009
Flute, Percussion and String Orchestra
Present Music Ensemble: 2008
Chamber Ensemble
Music At The Anthology/MATA Micro Orchestra: 2005
Large ensemble
New Mendelssohn Orchestra Leipzig/Magdeburg Music Festival: 2003
Saxophone, Horn and Chamber Orchestra
“...it conceals within itself...” (2007)
(for string trio and piano)
First performed by Ensemble Cairn, Royaumont, France
“Nucleus” (2007)
(for saxophone and drum set)
First performed by the Wet Ink Ensemble, Symphony Space, New York
“Oblique” (2007)
(for bass clarinet)
First performed by Laura Carmichael, Clermont-Ferrand, France
“Yap, Yaw, Yawp” (2005/06)
(for chamber orchestra)
Recently Performed by the Darmstadt International Ensemble, Darmstadt, Germany
“Hiatus Loops” (2005)
(for large ensemble)
First Performed by the MATA Micro Orchestra, New York, NY
“This Becomes” (2005)
(for orchestra)
First Performed by the Janecek Philharmonic, Ostrava, Czech Republic
“Few From Many” (2004)
(for chamber orchestra)
First performed by the Orchestra of the SEM Ensemble, New York, NY
Music Humanities Instructor, Columbia University: 2005--present
Composition Lecture, Manhattan School of Music: 2004
Guest Artist and Speaker, Dartmouth College: 2004
Instrumental Instructor, Chaminade High School: 1999--present
Wind Ensemble Director, Chaminade High School: 1999—2004
Artistic Director, Wet Ink Ensemble: 2001——present
Founder and Composer, Zs: 2001—2005
Founder and Executive Director, Wet Ink Music Productions Inc: 1998——present
Downtown Ensemble, Guest performer: 2004
Janecek Philharmonic, Guest performer: 2003
MATA Micro-Orchestra, Guest performer: 2005
New Mendelsohn Chamber Orchestra Leipzig, Guest soloist: 2003
Omega 6, Guest performer: 1999
Ostravska Banda, Guest performer: 2005
Robert Rucker Quartet, Principal Saxophonist: 2003—present
Roy Dunlap Quintet, Principal Saxophonist: 2007—present
Second Instrumental Unit, Guest performer: 2005
SEM Ensemble, Guest performer: 2004, 2005, 2007
Swing Set Quintet, Principal Saxophonist: 1994—present
TRIO, Guest performer: 2007
Wet Ink Ensemble, Principal Saxophonist and Bass Clarinetist: 2001—present
Zs, Saxophonist and vocalist: 2001—2005