- M.M. in Percussion Performance from The University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- B.M. in Music Education from The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
- University Department Music
- Location High Point University
- Phone Number 314-603-0165
- Email [email protected]
Alex Richard is a versatile percussionist, teacher, and freelance artist based in Winston-Salem, NC. She currently works as the Marching Percussion Instructor and Percussion Arranger for the Elon University Marching Band, and as an Adjunct Instructor at High Point University teaching drumset lessons, percussion ensemble, American music history, and music philosophy & communication. Alex has a vested interest in new and popular music, and how those intersect to inform contemporary classical music. As an advocate for new music, Alex regularly commissions and joins consortium efforts for new and exciting percussion works. In the Fall of 2024, she performed alongside several North Carolina percussion teachers to present new and accessible percussion ensemble repertoire at the North Carolina Music Educators Association Conference. Alex has performed at the Bang on a Can (2021), Nief Norf (2015-2017), Big Ears (2015, 2016, 2018) and Cortona music festivals (2022, virtual), and enjoyed a residency at Avaloch Farm with LNK Percussion in 2022. As an active member of the Percussive Arts Society, she currently serves as the Secretary for the North Carolina Chapter of PAS. Alex performed the PAS International Percussion Ensemble Winners showcase concert with the University of Tennessee in 2018 and the University of Nebraska in 2019.
Alex received her M.M. in Percussion Performance from The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, studying with Dr. Dave Hall, and her B.M. in Music Education from The University of Tennessee-Knoxville, studying with Dr. Andrew Bliss and Dr. Abby Fisher. In her free time, she enjoys baking and spending time with her small gray cat, Bubbles.