Alec Galambos

I’m Alec, a composer and interactive audio designer, and I direct the NYC-based KHORIKOS ensemble. In all my work, I'm interested in the expressive depth of the voice, and how to manifest it in every instrument and sonic palette. My writing is defined by harmonic density (a lot of chords and colors) and focuses on how emotional information is expressed through abstraction. I compose, curate, and conduct for the KHORIKOS ensemble, which celebrates new vocal music and performs a repertoire of heartfelt, anomalous music from across centuries.

Conducting KHORIKOS at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, May 2019

Alec Galambos is a composer, interactive audio designer, and the artistic director of the the NYC-based KHORIKOS ensemble. After growing up on a diet of piano and choral music, he studied composition and voice at Emory University and then moved to New York to pursue a M.M. degree in Composition and Film Scoring at NYU. His career in music and audio design for visual, interactive, and immersive media has led him to present at GameSoundCon, MAGfest, and NYC Game Audio on novel music propagation techniques for virtual environments. Since taking on the role of Artistic Director of the KHORIKOS ensemble in 2016, Alec has led the group through award-winning performances across the U.S. and Eastern Europe, showcasing an eclectic repertoire of early and new music in appearances at the Gotham Early Music Series, choral festivals in Serbia and Montenegro, NYC's National Sawdust and Lincoln Center, and in the group’s two latest international new music competitions, each drawing over 600 submissions from composers worldwide. His work with KHORIKOS has been supported by the Brooklyn Arts Fund, the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and the U.S. State Department. In collaboration with audio engineer Dan Dzula, Alec championed immersive digital media in the choral arts with *Vespers 360* and *Tavener 360*, KHORIKOS’s pioneering spatial audio projects.