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Marina Alexander, Musical & Artistic Director

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Highly regarded for her innovative approach to programming, Marina Alexander founded The Arcadian Chorale in 1993, and has since guided its musical & organizational development. Under her leadership, the Chorale has established a reputation for excellence. In the Spring of 1995, Ms. Alexander was also named Musical Director of the Richmond Choral Society in New York City, and serves as conductor of that 80-voice ensemble. Leading both choruses, she made her Carnegie Hall debut in November 2002, conducting Dvorak's Te Deum. At that same performance, she led the choruses and orchestra in the World Premiere of her orchestration of Bainton's And I Saw A New Heaven. Her ensembles joined forces again in May 2004, making their debut performance at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) singing Mahler's Resurrection Symphony.
In 2004, Ms. Alexander was named Musical Director of the Metropolitan Greek Chorale in Manhattan, and has performed works from both the Eastern and Western traditions with that ensemble, including premieres of works in the Byzantine style, and several of her own compositions.
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Marina Alexander
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Known as a scholar and translator,
she produces many new editions of choral music, including the world
premiere of a new English singing version of a lost Ode to Joy
by by Tchaikovsky, the 2nd performance ever of that piece in the United
States. For a May 2002 presentation of Mozart's Requiem, she
composed a new completion of the "Lacrymosa" in the style of Mozart.
Ms. Alexander holds a Masters Degree in Conducting from the Oberlin
Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Dr. Daniel Moe, and was
subsequently invited to teach there as Interim Director of the Department
of Choral Music. From that same institution, she earned a BFA in
Stage Directing for Opera and then worked with opera companies and
festivals both here and abroad. These include the Santa Fe Opera,
New Jersey State Opera, Academy of Vocal Arts in Philadelphia, Lake
George Opera, and the Corfu International Music Festival.
Ms. Alexander is also Adjunct Assistant Professor of Choral
Music at College of Staten Island-CUNY, where she teaches Music History
and Conducting. She leads open sings for her own ensembles, as well as the
New York Choral Society, West Village Chorale, North Jersey Choral Society, and
the city of Freehold. She has also appeared at Lincoln Center for the
National Choral Council's annual Messiah sing.
An advocate for the arts, Ms. Alexander is a founding member and president of
the Mid-state Arts Resource Team (mART), a regional organization
working to advance the arts in the community. Marina's
contribution to the quality of life in Monmouth County was acknowledged by
Fleet Bank when she was nominated for its Small Business Leadership Awards.
Recently, she was also honored by the Business and Professional Women of
Staten Island as a "Woman of Achievement."
An advocate for music
education, Ms. Alexander has served as an adjudicator for the New Jersey Teen
Opera Festival, the Monmouth County Arts Council's Teen Arts Festival, and the
Sights & Sounds Arts Festival of the Greek Orthodox Churches of NJ. She
teaches conducting privately, and often appears as a clinician and guest
speaker at choral workshops and music festivals. She has been nominated by
Fleet Bank for its Small Business leadership Awards, and was honored by the
Business and Professional Women of Staten Island as a "Woman of Achievement."
John Ward Dr. Ward holds the FRSM
(Fellow of the Royal Schools of Music) in Piano, and the LRSM(Licentiate
of the Royal Schools of Music) in Singing, and, with Distinction, in
Organ. He is a Fellow of the American Guild of Organists. Ward is the
Music Director of First Presbyterian Church, Hackensack, and he is on the
faculty of Main Street Music Studio
in Cornwall, N.Y., and Stella Music School in Ramsey, N.J.
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