MUSE • Musicians United for Social Equity

Biography

Alexander is the interim Program Head for BFA Musical Theater at Pace University, first-year faculty for The Neighborhood Playhouse, and composer with the BMI Lehman-Engel Music Theatre Advanced Workshop. As part of the inaugural 2020 artEquity BIPOC Leadership Circle, Alexander continues his AEDI training with artEquity, Nicole Brewer, Jacqueline Lawton, and Race Forward, advocating for anti-racist, anti-oppressive theatre-making at the institutional and industry level.

Through the pandemic, Alexander was music assistant for Angelique Kidjo’s first theatre work, Yemandja and credited as the associate music director for New City Music Theatre’s inaugural production of Songs for a New World in September 2021. Previous to the pandemic, he was responsible for the vocal and dance arrangements for the off-Broadway premiere of Love & Yogurt and orchestrations for Little Match Girl and How the Westons Won with New York Theatre Barn & Out of the Box Theatrics.

He continues to champion new works at Pace School of Performing Arts initiating a partnership with Theatrical Rights Worldwide starting in Fall 2021 following collaborations at Arizona State University, Shenandoah Conservatory, North Central College, and Phoenix Theatre. Additional appointments include Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre, Creede Repertory Theatre, Arizona Broadway Theatre, Southeastern Summer Theatre Institute, and Chicago Musical Theatre Festival.