Alec Galambos

Artist Statement

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 dynamic range of the voice, the expressive potential of abstract communication, and the ability of virtual and physical spaces to shape and contextualize sound. In my writing, I care a lot about harmony and density, and I often write about emotional language, collective ideals, and doubt. I conduct, compose, arrange, curate, and commission for the KHORIKOS ensemble, which celebrates new vocal music and performs a repertoire of heartfelt, anomalous music from across centuries.

Directing the KHORIKOS ensemble at the Dimenna Center for Classical Music, 2019

Bio

Alec Galambos is a composer, interactive audio designer, and the artistic director of the the NYC-based KHORIKOS ensemble. After growing up on piano and choral music, he studied composition and voice at Emory University and then moved to New York to pursue a M.M. 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 focused on commissioning and showcasing underperformed works from living composers around the world, in appearances at NYC’s National Sawdust, (le) poisson rouge, Lincoln Center, DC’s Smithssonian Hirshhorn, and in choral festivals in Serbia and Montenegro. His programming 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 is leading KHORIKOS through new practices in immersive recording and live performance, culminating in the 2025 release of Across the Open Spaces, the ensemble’s first surround-sound album.

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