Director BIO: Nick Zoulek (SILHOUETTE OF A STORM – BENT TREET)

Nick Zoulek’s (b. 1988) influence on the fields of modern music and avant-garde performance has added color, sound, energy, and light to the delightfully enigmatic world of contemporary  saxophone: The Wall Street Journal writes, “…Mr. Zoulek’s performance, on saxophones in every range, is stunningly virtuosic, whatever the genre… None of that would matter much (except to saxophonists) if Mr. Zoulek were a less imaginative composer.”
Full of “pure mindfulness and talent” (PopMatters), Nick’s artistry has taken his Midwestern roots across France, the United Kingdom, Canada, Serbia, India, Italy, Uganda, and the United States. Passport in hand, he remains equally engaged in solo performance, multimedia collaboration, improvisation, and commissioning new works. Nick’s craft on the horn has been lauded as “a no-holds- barred engine of avant-garde exploration,” (Portland Press Herald) with the capacity to “[take] you to other worlds” (Milwaukee Magazine); his “[b]eautiful harmonies [sing] in contrast to mysterious knockings and hums, and finally to…