ALEX WEN

Alex Wen is Artistic Director of the Jackson Heights Orchestra and a conductor with deep roots in the New York City music community. He has served as assistant conductor with the Massapequa Philharmonic and Park Avenue Chamber Symphony, and spent five seasons as Principal Conductor of the Golden Rose Opera, where he led productions of La Bohème, Carmen, Suor Angelica, Cavalleria Rusticana, and Madama Butterfly. His commitment to new music has brought him to contemporary ensembles including PinkNoise Ensemble and NYsoundCircuit, and he has premiered works by Eric Moe and Huang Ruo with Fresh Squeezed Opera.

He has also worked with Rhymes With Opera, Queens College Orchestra and Opera, Litha Symphony Orchestra, Sound Symphony Orchestra, New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, and the All-County Festival Orchestra of the NMEA, also engaging as cover conductor for the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra, Queer Urban Orchestra, and Yonkers Philharmonic.

Alex holds a Master's in Orchestral Conducting from the Aaron Copland School of Music, where he studied under Maurice Peress, and a Bachelor of Music in viola performance from Azusa Pacific University. He participated in the 2019 Cabrillo Festival for Contemporary Music Conductors Workshop.