alex koi

vocalist + composer

Alex Koi is a vocalist and composer. Combining her diverse influences in Jazz and improvised music, the avant-garde and electronic music, her music 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, Public Records, to name a few. She recently played the combined role of Tracy Dunn/Jillian Gilchrist in the Off-Broadway production of "Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower", the theatrical adaptation of the beloved novel.

Her former, long-term Detroit-based 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. Her latest album “Wake” in collaboration with cellist Kirin McElwain is anticipated for release in 2026.

She is the recipient of a Church of Noise Grant and a Young Arts Awardee, and has been awarded residency at Avaloch Farm Music Institute. She was a composer fellow at NewAmsterdam Composer Lab as well as a performer fellow with Bang on A Can.

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