Alex Ring Gray is a composer, performer, and producer working in concert, film, and electronic musics. His work is often process-oriented and improvisational, blending roots in the traditions of free jazz, minimalism, ambient, and Appalachian folk. As a multi-instrumentalist, he has performed and recorded with artists such as Philip Glass, Attacca Quartet, Scorchio Quartet, and Tenzin Choegyal, and has appeared at Carnegie Hall and Big Ears Festival.

In addition to his own creative output, Alex is an active producer and engineer. He is a co-founder of artist-run DIY label cmntx records and Technical Director of InfraSound Ensemble. Since 2018, a main engagement has been working for Philip Glass, handling music preparation and production of new and archival projects. He has also worked in varying capacities for composers Nico Muhly, Angélica Negrón, and Alex Weston, and as concert / playback engineer for several ensembles and performers.

Alex was born in Nashville where he was immersed in the local Americana, indie rock, and jazz scenes from an early age while studying saxophone and guitar. He earned degrees in music from New York University (MM, Composition) and the University of Tennessee (BM, Composition and Musicology, Saxophone minor). His primary teachers included Michael Gordon, Julia Wolfe, Morton Subotnick, and Andrew Sigler. He lives in New York City with his partner and collaborator, Vicki Leona Nguyen.