A Cappella Director

Alex is the Choral Director Danvers High School (MA), where he leads three a cappella groups he founded Falconize, Skywave, & Deception. Falconize has placed third at the International Championship of High School A Cappella Finals (ICHSA) in New York City. Skywave has won the N.E. Voices Festival which sent them to the National A Cappella Convention High School Competition in Memphis, TN. Falconize, Skywave, and Deception have released three studio albums (From Dust, Structure, & Focus) with The Vocal Company, and eleven tracks have been selected to the Varsity Vocals BOHSA compilation and three nominated for Contemporary A Cappella Recording Awards (CARAs).  In 2009, Alex founded Salem High School's award-winning a cappella group WitchPitch?, and directed them from 2009-2013. WitchPitch? went to the ICHSA Finals three years consecutive years (2011 - 2013), and was named one of the top ten high school groups in the country in 2012 by CASA. WitchPitch? received acclaim for their debut album "Here" (tracks selected to BOHSA 2013 & nominated for two CARAs).  Alex is also an adjudicator for the Varsity Vocals International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella. He was a four-year member of his collegiate group, the Wheaton College Gentlemen Callers, and directed them for three.  Alex co-founded the Alumni Union for the Gentlemen Callers, and sits on their board of directors as Vice President.  He is the co-founder and current Executive Director for the Haunted Harmonies Festival in Salem, MA.  

Workshops

Book Alex to workshop your high school a cappella group (rates are negotiable).  Topics include, but are not limited to:
Arranging
​Branding
Rehearsal Techniques
Starting a Group
Social & Academic Components of High School A Cappella

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Falconize Videos

Ethan West, Lyric Video

Olivia VanCampen, Video Director and Editor

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Skywave Videos

Ivy O'Connell, Skywave Director

Ethan West, Lyric Video

WitchPitch? Videos

Conor Buso-Jarnis, Video Director and Editor