Alexei Doohovskoy is an active New England area trombonist and music educator.  He has performed with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the Boston Lyric Opera, the Rhode Island Philharmonic, the Springfield Symphony, the Vermont Symphony, as well as with the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops. 

 

As a chamber musician, Mr. Doohovskoy has toured the United States and Canada with the Empire Brass Quintet presenting both concerts and masterclasses. With the EBQ, he has appeared as a featured performer with the Buffalo Philharmonic, the United States Air Force Band, and the Northeast Pennsylvania Philharmonic.

 

Mr. Doohovskoy has made recent solo appearances with the Brown University Wind Symphony and at recitals sponsored by Rhode Island College, the All-Newton Music School, and the Bay Chamber Concert Series in Rockport, Maine.

 

Currently a Teaching Associate with the Music Department of Brown University, Mr. Doohovskoy also teaches lessons through the Instrumental Music School of Carlisle and Concord and the Performing Arts Office of the Wellesley Public Schools.  His students have successfully gained acceptance to district festivals and university music programs.   

 

He has performed on several recordings with Norman Bolter's Frequency Band, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the New England Conservatory Wind Ensemble, and the Boston Pops.

 

From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Doohovskoy was a member of the New World Symphony in Miami, FL where he worked regularly with Michael Tilson Thomas and other distinguished conductors and composers.  The South Florida Sun-Sentinel described one of his solo performances as demonstrating "fluent technique and a poetic touch."  He was awarded a fellowship to attend the Aspen Music Festival in 2003, and performed several concerts as Principal Trombonist of the Aspen Chamber Symphony and Aspen Festival Orchestra. 

 

A graduate of Brown University, Mr. Doohovskoy also earned a Master of Music degree from New England Conservatory in Boston.  He has benefited from the guidance and insight of many teachers and coaches, including Norman Bolter, Douglas Yeo, Per Brevig, and Douglas Wright.