Alex Mincek / lift - tilt - flter - split
Carrier Records / 2011
Nucleus / Alex Mincek
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Wet Ink Ensemble / New Works for Small Ensemble
Carrier Records / 2009
American Tokyo Daydream IV (data structures/monoliths) / Sam Pluta
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Eldritch Priest / the brown study
Newfangled Album Records / 2009
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Owen Lake / A Love on My Mind
Carrier Records / 2008
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Rubric
Indie Pool / 2006
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Available on iTunes

Michael Ibrahim / J.S. Bach: For Saxophone
Players Chamber Ensemble / Dan Bartholomew, conductor
Omninova / 2005
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Available on iTunes

Ramblin' Ambassadors / Avanti
Mint Records / 2003
Playing Hammond B-3
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Live Performance / Adam Mirza / Ekstasis (Being Nothing Becoming)
PAIRINGS: Stockhausen & Mirza
The Tank, NYC
November 24, 2009

Live Performance / Karel Husa / Concerto
WVU Wind Symphony
John Hendricks, conductor
April 14, 2009

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Michael Ibrahim is a Canadian saxophonist based in West Virginia and New York City. His performances of concertos, recital repertoire, and new music have attracted much attention in North America and Europe. Noted for his "sheer virtuosity and musical intensity" (Calgary Herald), he has performed throughout North America, France, Russia, Italy, Germany, Austria, and Holland. In praise of his solo Bach recording, Saxophone Journal wrote, "The listener is in for an exciting musical ride."

He has won numerous competitions including the North American Saxophone Alliance Classical Artist Competition, the Eisenberg-Fried Concerto Competition for Woodwinds, the Coleman Chamber Music Competition the MTNA Woodwind Collegiate Artist and Chamber Music Competitions, and a Darmstadt Performance Prize for Contemporary Music.

As a freelance performer at the center of New York City's contemporary classical scene, Ibrahim has worked with Amp Music, Either/Or, Fireworks Ensemble, International Contemporary Ensemble, Manhattan Sinfonietta, PRISM Quartet, Red Light New Music, SEM Ensemble, and Wet Ink. His solo and chamber music performances have taken place in venues such as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall, Miller Theater, Symphony Space, and the Kitchen. In New York, Ibrahim gave the US Premiere of solo pieces such as Stockhausen's Edentia, Boulez's Dialogue de l'ombre double, and Robin Hoffmann's Birkhahn-Studie for black grouse hunting call.

Ibrahim studied at the Manhattan School of Music, Bowling Green State University, the Université Européenne de Saxophone in France, the University of Calgary, and the University of Regina. His teachers include Paul Cohen, John Sampen, Claude Delangle, Marcus Weiss, Jeremy Brown, and Karen Finnsson. He has taught at Columbia University, the University of Calgary, and Mount Royal College, and is currently on faculty at West Virginia University, where he received the Outstanding Teaching Award for the School of Music. He recently published the book New Aesthetics in Contemporary Saxophone Music. Ibrahim is a Conn-Selmer Artist and performs exclusively on Selmer saxophones.

New Aesthetics in Contemporary Saxophone Music
My dissertation is now available for purchase as a book.
To buy it, click here.

Conn-Selmer (I am a Selmer Artist.)
Carrier Records
Night After Night
The Rest is Noise
Argento
Wet Ink
Yarn/Wire

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