Organist

His activity is focused on mid-European repertoire of the 17th and 18th centuries, though he is accomplished in a wide range of styles from the Renaissance to contemporary works.

Alexander began his organ studies in Adelaide at the age of fourteen, as the beneficiary of St Francis Xavier’s Catholic Cathedral organ scholarship.  During this time, he studied under Ashleigh Tobin, the Principal Organist of the Cathedral’s music program, and also sang in the Cathedral Choir.  Alexander soon took up associations with other churches, earning organ scholarships from St Peter’s Cathedral and Pilgrim Uniting Church in Adelaide, and working with their choral programs.  He quickly gained a reputation as an excellent and reliable choral organist, frequently accompanying all three choirs for regular services and more ambitious projects, and also working with many of Adelaide’s other semi-professional choirs.

In the meantime, Alexander rapidly developed as a soloist and performer, earning his AMusA in organ in 2010, and his LMusA with Distinction the following year.  He was invited to perform in several programs with the Australian Youth Orchestra in 2011 and 2012, touring to Melbourne and Brisbane.  He also toured with St Peter’s Anglican Cathedral Choir in 2014-15, accompanying them for services and concerts across the U.K. and in Paris.

In 2015, Alexander moved to Basel, Switzerland, in order to further pursue his organ studies and to develop his expertise in early music repertoire on historical instruments.  He completed his MMus in Historic Organ Performance under the guidance of Professor Tobias Lindner at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in 2017, and continued to study organ over the following years as he pursued other interests at the Schola.  During this time, Alexander performed with the ensemble Viatoribus, winning the Romanus Weichlein Preis at the H.I.F. Biber Competition in 2017.  He also had the privilege of taking lessons from some of Europe’s most distinguished organists, including Wolfgang Zerer, Jörg-Andreas Bötticher, Rudolf Lutz, Andrés Cea Galán, Pieter van Dijk, and Andrea Marcon.

As an organist, Alexander performs frequently as a concert soloist and as a choral accompanist.  He has also performed with numerous orchestras in Australia, both as a soloist and as an orchestral member.  In Europe, he has further gained renown as a reliable and artistic continuo interpreter, especially in repertoire of the 17th and early 18th centuries.  Alexander is an adept sight reader, a keen improviser, and is passionate about crafting engaging and exciting performance experiences for his audiences, based in research, and his own artistic instincts.

Since 2021, he has served as the organist and choir director for the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Oberwil, BL.  He is also a frequent collaborator with the Choir of St Andrew’s Anglican Church in Zürich, and maintains a consistent presence as a concert organist in Switzerland and beyond. Alexander is a flexible and enthusiastic organist and performer, with a wide range of interests and skills – if you would like to work with Alexander as an organist, please feel free to contact him.