alex koi

vocalist + composer

Alex Koi is a composer, vocalist and improvising musician. Combining her diverse influences in Jazz and improvised music, the avant-garde and electronic, her work has been called “primal and futuristic at the same time” [Current Magazine] and “impossibly beautiful” [Stereo Stickman]. She has had the privilege of collaborating with musicians, composers, visual artists, directors and dancers at venues such as Lincoln Center, the Guggenheim Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Joe's Pub, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, MassMoca, The Oculus, Toronto Downtown Jazz Festival, and Public Records, to name a few. She played the combined role of Tracy Dunn/Jillian Gilchrist in Toshi Reagon’s Off-Broadway production of "Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower", the theatrical adaptation of the beloved novel. In 2020, she was a featured artist at Joe’s Pub Vanguard Gala Honoring Laurie Anderson, curated by Shara Nova, where she performed alongside Meshell Ndegeocello and Morley, amongst others. 

Her upcoming album "Wake" is slated for Spring 2027 release, a co-led duo project between herself and cellist/modular synthesist Kirin McElwain. Previously, her former long-term band project Saajtak has been called “one of the most intriguing and unclassifiable bands in the country right now" [Tone Madison]. Saajtak has released five independently-released EPs and one LP via Chicago’s American Dreams record label.

Alex has received grants from the Church of Noise, the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, and YoungArts. She has been awarded residency at Avaloch Farm Music Institute in 2024 and 2026. She was a composer fellow at NewAmsterdam Composer Lab as well as a performer fellow with Bang on A Can. In addition to her many collaborative projects, she is developing the music for her debut solo recording.