Alexander Overington is a composer and producer specializing in a genre-bending approach to recorded music. A native of New York City currently residing in Brooklyn, he holds dual degrees from Oberlin Conservatory of Music and is faculty of Composition and Music Technology at California State Summer School for the Arts at CalArts. He is the co-founder of the new record label Rest Assured.
Overington has collaborated with a wide cross-section of innovative musicians including Rafiq Bhatia, Billy Hart, Vijay Iyer, Valgeir Sigurðsson, Shahzad Ismaily, International Contemporary Ensemble, JACK quartet, Prefuse 73, Teebs and High Priest of Antipop Consortium. He can be followed on Twitter at @alexoverington.
Alexander Overington appears in the following:
Distressed Surfaces and Layers of Recollection
Monday, October 08, 2012
This week on The New Canon, we hear new recordings of music by composers Morgan Hayes and Imogen Holst, as well a selection of world premiere recordings of works for solo cellist Anthony Arnone.
Barbara Monk Feldman and Eighth Blackbird
Monday, October 01, 2012
This week on The New Canon, we hear premiere recordings of works by Barbara Monk Feldman, as well as a new album by the Chicago-based Eighth Blackbird.
