Alexander

	Mr. Travis W. Alexander Choir, Piano (336) 285-2021 twalexan@ncat.edu
Studio Piano University Choir Music History HOME	Travis W. Alexander received Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in performance from the School of Music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Presently he serves on the music faculty at North Carolina A & T State University where he teaches Piano, Music History and directs the University Choir and Chamber Singers. As an organist, he is in constant demand giving organ recitals throughout the United States and Europe. In June of 2005, he gave organ recitals at the Bristol Cathedral and the Blenheim Palace in England. He has also given recitals in Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, Montreal and New York. As a church organist, he is noted for his tremendous skill of hymn improvisation. He has served as organist and choirmaster for conferences throughout the AME Zion Church and twice as guest organist for the opening concert of the National Baptist Convention in Charlotte. As a conductor, he has coached with Sir David Willcocks, former Organist and Master of the Choristers at King’s College, Cambridge, England. Mr. Alexander is the founder of the Gethsemane Concert Choir which tours annually. In 2007, he conducted choral concerts in Rome, Florence and Venice. He and the Gethsemane Concert Choir were presented in a joint concert/organ recital on Venice Island with the Coro Monte Peralba at the Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta. He has worked extensively with Maestro James Meena and Opera Carolina in concert with Denyce Graves, Mezzo-Soprano and in a production of AIDA. In October of 2007, he served as conductor for a premiere performance of musical excerpts from the Lion King at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center in Charlotte, NC. Mr. Alexander is also noted as a singer and for his helden tenor quality voice. He has sung both tenor and baritone repertoire. In 2003, he performed as a singer and conductor throughout West Africa, culminating in a recital at the National Theater in Ghana. He has performed annually for Maya Angelou and the United Negro College Fund Women Who Lead Extravaganza, and given a recital in the Mozart Room at the private resort of the Von Trapp Family in Stowe, Vermont. He continues to sing for weddings, oratorio performances, and for various religious, social and civic functions. He is a member of the American Guild of Organists, American Choral Directors Association, Royal School of Church Music, Organ Historical Society and Music Educators National Conference. He is also a life member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., where he serves as Sixth District Accompanist and Basileus of the Phi Chi Chapter in Concord, NC.

Mr. Travis W. Alexander

Choir, Piano

(336) 285-2021

Studio Piano

University Choir

Music History

Travis W. Alexander received Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in performance from the School of Music at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Presently he serves on the music faculty at North Carolina A & T State University where he teaches Piano, Music History and directs the University Choir and Chamber Singers.

As an organist, he is in constant demand giving organ recitals throughout the United States and Europe. In June of 2005, he gave organ recitals at the Bristol Cathedral and the Blenheim Palace in England. He has also given recitals in Chicago, Los Angeles, Boston, Montreal and New York. As a church organist, he is noted for his tremendous skill of hymn improvisation. He has served as organist and choirmaster for conferences throughout the AME Zion Church and twice as guest organist for the opening concert of the National Baptist Convention in Charlotte.

As a conductor, he has coached with Sir David Willcocks, former Organist and Master of the Choristers at King’s College, Cambridge, England. Mr. Alexander is the founder of the Gethsemane Concert Choir which tours annually. In 2007, he conducted choral concerts in Rome, Florence and Venice. He and the Gethsemane Concert Choir were presented in a joint concert/organ recital on Venice Island with the Coro Monte Peralba at the Chiesa di Santa Maria Assunta.

He has worked extensively with Maestro James Meena and Opera Carolina in concert with Denyce Graves, Mezzo-Soprano and in a production of AIDA. In October of 2007, he served as conductor for a premiere performance of musical excerpts from the Lion King at the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center in Charlotte, NC.

Mr. Alexander is also noted as a singer and for his helden tenor quality voice. He has sung both tenor and baritone repertoire. In 2003, he performed as a singer and conductor throughout West Africa, culminating in a recital at the National Theater in Ghana. He has performed annually for Maya Angelou and the United Negro College Fund Women Who Lead Extravaganza, and given a recital in the Mozart Room at the private resort of the Von Trapp Family in Stowe, Vermont. He continues to sing for weddings, oratorio performances, and for various religious, social and civic functions.

He is a member of the American Guild of Organists, American Choral Directors Association, Royal School of Church Music, Organ Historical Society and Music Educators National Conference. He is also a life member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., where he serves as Sixth District Accompanist and Basileus of the Phi Chi Chapter in Concord, NC.