Bio

Alec Chai is a Boston-based oboist from Colorado Springs, CO. As a recent graduate of the Yale School of Music, Alec studied with Stephen Taylor, where he was named a winner of the Yale School of Music Chamber Music Society Competition as well as a recipient of the YSM Alumni Association Prize.

Alec also attended Yale University for his undergraduate studies, where he received a B.S. in Chemistry with distinction along with several university-wide awards for his contributions to the arts. In his freshman year, he became just the third oboist to be chosen as winner of the William Waite Concerto Competition and performed Bohuslav Martinü’s Oboe Concerto with the Yale Symphony Orchestra. He was previously a winner of YoungArts and represents Yamaha USA as a Yamaha Young Performing Artist.

As a multi-instrumentalist, Alec also performs a range of genres on piano and saxophone and has performed with the Mingus Big Band.

Outside of music, Alec also has a love for sports and the outdoors, and enjoys hiking, fitness, snowboarding, and basketball.