Wiki Category: Women Composers

Bulgarian born (1981) Canadian composer, organist, educator, and conductor

Works for brass ensemble

• Brass Quintet, Opus 39 (2005)

Biography

The music of Dr. Alexandra Fol (DMus McGill University, MMus Eastman School of Music, BMus Boston University, CTh Princeton Theological Seminary) has been performed by ensembles such as the Montréal Symphony Orchestra, the Sofia Symphony Orchestra, the McGill Symphony, the orkest de ereprijs, the Orchestre de la Francophonie, the New Score Chamber Orchestra, the Sofia Wind Orchestra, the Orchestre à vents non-identifié (OVNI), Ensemble Paramirabò, the Trinity Wall Street Choir, the CYE ensemble, thingNY ensemble, among many others. She has composed music for documentary movies, including “Ancient Thrace – Door to Immortality”, sponsored by the NetHeritage fund of the European Union, and for various Thracian rituals. Since 2017 her music accompanies annually the restored Thracian summer solstice ritual at the Cabyle rock-cut sanctuary. Her works have appeared in CDs released by Gutenberg Publishing (Bulgaria) and Disques Benedictus (Canada) Fol lives and works in Montréal as a freelance composer, organist, pianist and conductor. She has served on the board of LAUDEM, the Association of Liturgical Musicians of Canada and of the RCCO, the Royal Canadian College of Organists. Her music is available through the Canadian Music Centre.

Resources

Alexandra Fol Website