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Webhearsals




 

 

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.

 






     

 




Alex's studio is right on the water,
and during her multi-camera online sessions
she often shares the stunning, inspiring view.

 




     

 

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
large wind band piece
to an intimate chamber work;



• Guided tours of Alex's state-of-the-art digital studio,
and production techniques;



• Discussions about the professional aspects
of the music business,
including copyright and publishing.


 

 

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.

 

     

 




Alex's San Juan Island studio, at night.

 




     

 

 

"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!"


-- Stephanie Sanders, band director,
February 2018
Berwick Academy, Berwick, Maine

 

Below are a few examples from the hundreds
of online rehearsals Alex has led:

 

 




A Jan. 2012 webhearsal with Alex in her studio
on San Juan Island, and guest conductor
Jerry Luckhardt on the podium
at Oregon State University,
rehearsing BENEATH.

 




A Dec. 2012 webhearsal with
composer and percussionist David Jarvis.

 




A March 2013 webhearsal with Alex in her studio,
and band director Brad Schneider
with Middleton High School in Wisconsin,
rehearsing PAPER CUT.




 

 




A December 2012 webhearsal with Alex in her studio,
and band director Mary Bauer and
Mt. Mansfield Union High School
in Vermont, rehearsing PAPER CUT.

 

     

 




This amazing vision in front of Alex's studio
was captured through her lens
late December 2019,
while she was composing ASCENT.

 




     

 

Click the photo to see a video of what a webhearsal is like!


 

 




Alex doing a webhearsal in her San Juan Island studio.

CLICK to watch what it's like!




     

 

 

 

 

Sessions are affordable and easy to arrange. To schedule a webhearsal with Alex,
please send an email by CLICKING HERE.


Or, you can even send a fax (what's THAT?) to:
270-916-0093.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 



 

 




Sometimes dramatic weather
and unexpected wildlife visits
add to the sense of connection
with the composer!

 




Alex is highly interactive...


 

 

 

See Alex in the context of the world around her, and become one of her friends
in the social networks.

 

 

 



 

 

 

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.

 

 

     

 



 

 

 




Orca whales regularly swim past the studio deck.

 

 




     

 




Alex at work in her home studio
on the edge of San Juan Island, WA., February 2024.

 

     

 

 

One of Alex's most requested webhearsal sessions
is for PAPER CUT, her wind band piece that includes
a prerecorded track, and printer paper!

 

Watch Alex explain how to be a paper virtuoso
(clip length: 4:48):






 



 






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