Alexander Ness is a third-year composition student in NYU's doctoral program. He is interested in music technology, both in the sense of audio gadgetry (computers for live processing and algorithmic composition; recorders for sampling; circuits for bending) and in the wider sense of musical tools and techniques (harmony, counterpoint, notation, sensory metaphor). His recent compositions include:

- "Shruti" for violist Amy Cimini
- "Cycles" for soprano Emily Eagen and members of the International Contemporary Ensemble
- "Glass Drum" for cellist Ha-Yang Kim
- an arrangement of Frank Zappa's "G-Spot Tornedo" for the Walden School Players
- "Three Tristans" for Glissando bin Laden and His Musichideen, a noise-and-drone band in which he plays keyboards and laptop