About
Duo d'Entre-Deux
Nick Zoulek and Tommy Davis
Formed in Paris in 2011, Duo d’Entre-Deux features Nick Zoulek (USA) and Tommy Davis (Canada) as saxophonists and interdisciplinary creators, whose work spans performance, composition, multimedia art, and beyond. The Duo has fostered a distinct portfolio of artistic endeavors, including full-length choreographed performances with Wild Space Dance Company at Brooklyn’s Roulette Theatre and Milwaukee’s Mitchell Park Horticultural Domes, multimedia performances at the Groundswell Festival (Winnipeg) and the Society of Composers Inc. National Conference, features at Montreal’s Concerts de la Metropole, evening-length improvised performances with Montreal’s Codes d’accès, performance at Paris’ SNECMA Headquarters, and recitals at the World Saxophone Congress-Strasbourg, the United States Navy Band Saxophone Symposium, and the North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference. In all performances, Duo d'Entre-Deux pushes the physical and aesthetic limits of the saxophone, often blending improvisation, electronics, and advanced performance techniques.
The Duo is devoted to the development of the saxophone’s repertoire, with commissions and premieres from composers including Gordon Fitzell, Stephanie Orlando, Alissa Cheung, Robert Lemay, Etienne Rolin, Luis Ramirez, Denis Levaillant, and collaborations with Mikel Kuehn and composer/V.J. artist Myriam Boucher. Currently, the Duo is working with Robyn Jacob, William Ko, Jason Charney, and once again with Alissa Cheung on new commissions. The Duo is committed to musical education, performing outreach programs for young musicians and masterclasses at institutions of higher education including the University of Wisconsin Whitewater, the University of Manitoba, and Kent State University.
Equally fluent as composers and media artists in their own right, the Duo is developing their digital program HOMEXHOME. Generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, HOMEXHOME is a multimedia composition blending the duo’s skillset as videographers, audio engineers, composers, and saxophonists. The Duo also continues to perform their co-composed program Reverberant House, an evening-length experience of spatial, saxophonic sound.
Duo d’Entre-Deux began performing together while studying at the Conservatoire de Boulogne-Billancourt under the tutelage of Jean-Michel Goury. Since then, Nick and Tommy have completed graduate work in the United States and Canada. Nick Zoulek holds a DMA in Contemporary Music (saxophone performance) with a cognate in Digital Media from Bowling Green State University, studying with Dr. John Sampen, and previously studied with Dr. Matthew Sintchak. Tommy Davis is a doctoral candidate and SSHRC doctoral fellow in Saxophone Performance at McGill University’s Schulich School of Music studying with Marie-Chantal Leclair. He has previously studied with Jean-François Guay and Dr. Glen Gillis.