The Chorale has hired Christopher Alexander as their new Collaborative Keyboard Artist starting with the Spring 2026 season.
Christopher Alexander is a pianist and composer currently residing in Emeryville. Receiving a B.A. in Music and English at St. Olaf College, MN, Christopher sang in the St. Olaf Viking and Cantorei choruses, as well as the student led gospel choir, German choir, and lab choirs! After graduation, Christopher spent two years in Rochester, Minnesota building a private piano studio of over 50 students, received a SEMAC (Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council) grant to put on a collaborative jazz music recital, and performed a self-curated live performance of a silent film at Gray Duck Theater and Coffeehouse. He was also the collaborative keyboardist for the Rochester Male Chorus for one year.
In 2019 he relocated to the Bay Area, California where he continued teaching private piano lessons, and served as pianist at St Francis Episcopal Church in Novato. In 2022 he began formally composing and releasing songs inspired by his love of nature, literature, and philosophy and released his first EP “Searching for Stars” in 2024. He has released thirteen original compositions, including recent collaborations with piano and cello. He is also active in the local live music scene playing with various vocalists and bands in all genres of music, including an acoustic singer songwriter duo “Quintessence” with his wife!