Alex Nguyen Music

Alex Nguyen has served as a trumpeter, composer, arranger, music director in a diverse of musical contexts.
The Savannah, Georgia native has performed extensively on trumpet as a bandleader and sideman with some of the world’s finest up-and-coming and veteran jazz musicians. Nguyen has appeared at notable New York City venues, and has had the opportunity to perform throughout Europe, Asia and the United States. He is the winner of the International Trumpet Guild Jazz Competition, and Jamey Aebersold Award for Artistry at the National Trumpet Competition.

Nguyen’s contributions as a composer and arranger span from choral music to big band. His composition “The First Year” was featured on NEA Jazz Master Kenny Barron’s album The Traveler. He was selected as a composer/performer for residencies at Betty Carter’s Jazz Ahead at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and Ravinia's Steans Music Institute in Chicago. In the realm of sacred music, Nguyen has composed and arranged numerous works for choir and other ensembles, and blended traditional hymns, spirituals, jazz and gospel in church settings. Seeking to cultivate community around music, Nguyen has programmed a variety of musical events from communal singing, to jazz clubs and concert series, providing musicians opportunities to premiere new projects to appreciative audiences.

A graduate of the University of North Florida’s Jazz Studies program where he studied with legendary alto saxophonist Bunky Green, Nguyen also holds a Masters in Jazz Studies from SUNY Purchase, where he studied with seminal trumpeters Jon Faddis and Jim Rotondi.