About Me
New York-based flutist Alex Sopp performs all different genres of music and was recently called "outstanding" and "an admired new music mainstay" by Time Out New York. As principal flute of The Knights, a Brooklyn-based chamber orchestra, she has recorded for Sony Classical and Telarc, and will tour with soloist Dawn Upshaw this coming Spring. Alex is also a member of NOW Ensemble, an unconventional chamber group that brings a fresh sound and a new perspective to the classical tradition. She also plays regularly with ACME (American Contemporary Music Ensemble), AXIOM, Fires, Metropolis Ensemble, and has performed with The Orchestra of St. Luke's, the Mark Morris Dance Group Music Ensemble, Gotham City Orchestra, and Continuum. She has recently appeared as guest principal flute of the New York Philharmonic, and continues to make regular appearances with the orchestra both in New York City and around the worldAlex has commissioned, premiered, and recorded with some of the most exciting composers and song-writers of our time, including Björk, Nico Muhly, Sufjan Stevens, The National, Judd Greenstein, Philip Glass, Gabriel Kahane, Bryce Dessner, and St. Vincent. Also a composer and improvisor, Alex will soon make her solo recording debut with an album on the newly-minted New Amsterdam label.A regular performer both in the US and abroad, she has performed at the Bang On A Can Marathon, Lucerne Fetsival, Melbourne International Arts Festival, Look and Listen Festival, MATA Festival, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi, Festival WhyNote Dijon, Carlsbad Music Festival, and the Bowdoin Festival. A native of St. Croix, US Virgin Islands, Alex completed both her Bachelors and Masters degrees at The Juilliard School.more information at: www.myspace.com/alexsopp, www.newamsterdamrecords.com, www.knightsmusic.net, www.nowensemble.com
