Webhearsals
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Bring Alex, her music, and the Salish Sea into your rehearsal room or lecture space, no matter where you are!
Alex really enjoys interacting with students and faculty during rehearsals and guest artist residencies. But when budgets and schedules and, oh, y'know, global pandemics don't allow for travel, Zoom, Skype, Webex, Google Meet or anything similar have become the next best thing.
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A composer's live feedback is valuable, and musicians get an unusual bonus when Alex turns her camera around to show them a source of her inspiration: the sea at her feet on Washington State's remote San Juan Island, with the occasional Bald Eagle or Orca whale gliding past. Online sessions are terrific for: • Rehearsals of anything from a • Guided tours of Alex's state-of-the-art
digital studio, • Discussions about the professional aspects |
For well over a decade-- long before the COVID-19 crisis-- Alex has been engaging remotely with musicians and audiences around the world. Equipped with multiple cameras, microphones, lighting, and a 1-gigabyte fiberoptic cable running straight into her studio, Alex will make certain that you're as comfortable with the connection as she is. The technology brings a unique dimension into the art of collaborative music-making, and connects students to the person-- and sometimes to the very funny stories-- behind the notes on their music stands.
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Alex's San Juan Island studio, at night.
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"Alex is not only a fabulous composer, but she is equally as fabulous with kids! She worked virtually with my MS band kids several years ago, and it was one of those experiences that cannot be recreated. Those kids are almost finished with college now and their experience with her, and the fact that she was "at" the concert, is something they almost always have on their "remember when" list when they come back to visit. Thank you Alex for your beautiful soul!"
Below are a few examples from the hundreds |
A Jan. 2012 webhearsal with Alex in her studio |
A Dec. 2012 webhearsal with |
A March 2013 webhearsal with Alex in her studio,
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A December 2012 webhearsal with Alex in her studio,
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In January 2006, Alex began Notes from the Kelp, her personal commentary from the beach. For ten years, she regularly posted new insights to a large international following of "Kelphistos." Pairing her photos and her music in what she calls a "pixelsonic" experience, Alex invites readers to share the beauty of the environment which inspires her. The sound files may no longer work, but the photos and essays remain a memoir for a signficant period in Alex's life.
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One of Alex's most requested webhearsal sessions
Watch Alex explain how to be a paper virtuoso
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