Biography
Biography
Biography
Biography
Biography
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MENTORIng
Alexandra has dedicated her career to empowering young musicians and women conductors. Growing up in Brazil, where music education was not prioritized, she encountered limited opportunities, ultimately leading her to leave her home country in pursuit of her career.
Today, her mission is to give back by leading Young Artists Programs at both the Olympia and Henderson orchestras, along with family and children's concerts, all aimed at inspiring the next generation.
As part of the mentoring team for the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship, Alexandra works with ten young women conductors each year. She is proud to see these women grow and fulfill their dreams, knowing she is helping to pave a smoother path for future conductors to follow their passion.
TACF
Mentoring program
Alexandra is proud to be part of the Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship Mentoring Program.
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In 2022, The Taki Alsop Conducting Fellowship, with generous support from AT&T and the "She is connected by AT&T" initiative, launched its first Mentoring Program with the goal of mentoring 10 additional conductors each year. Now in its second year, the Fellowship has added 20 additional conductors to the TACF family and is pleased to announce the 2024-2025 Mentee cohort.
In addition to providing free mentoring to additional conductors, the Mentoring Program is providing Mentoring experience to TACF alumni conductors, expanding the TACF network of women conductors, and collecting research and data to create a mentoring model for the future.
young artists program
In her first season as Music Director of the HSO, Alexandra innovated and expanded upon the idea of a Young Artist Competition by developing the HSO Young Artists Program. This program offers young musicians the exciting opportunity to compete with their chosen repertoire and perform a complete concerto with the HSO conducted by Alexandra. The Competition winners are mentored by Alexandra privately and are offered rehearsal time with the orchestra to prepare them confidently for the performance on stage.
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conductor camp
Alexandra developed a Studio for Young Conductors together with Lucas Paiva in 2014. The Studio’s first efforts took place in Sao Paulo in 2015 with an event which garnered the attention of students from all over Latin America and featured some of the Brazil’s most esteemed musicians.
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Alexandra and the HSO subsequently partnered with the Nevada School of the Arts in 2019 to develop a version of the Studio called Conductor Camp. Like the Brazilian Studio before it, Conductor Camp was a huge success, attracting young conductors from all over the world to take part.
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music 4kids
Music 4Kids is a fun and exciting program offering children from the local community an often first-time opportunity to experience music performed by a live orchestra. At these events, orchestra musicians welcome the children and ‘show and tell’ about the sounds and function of their instruments and allowing them to hold and play the instruments. Toward the end of the event some children are invited to the stage to conduct the orchestra in their favorite pieces of music.
