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Alex Tirrell
Thursday, 30 March 2006
Alex Tirrell is one of the original founders of the East Providence Community Theatre. He is currently serving as Technology Director, resident Music Director and on the Board of Trustees. Alex is a former member of the Rhode Island Music Educators Association and the Music Educators National Conference.

He is currently a Senior at Rhode Island College and is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in Music with concentration in Voice and Piano. Alex is a Bass in the Rhode Island College Chorus and the Chamber Singers. Alex has also performed with the RIC Men's Chorus and the Freshmen Men's Quartet. He has been the pianist for the Concert Jazz Band. He has also appeared as an ensemble singer with Opera Providence.

Alex is currently studying Voice with acclaimed tenor Dr. Fredrick Scheff, who has performed in national touring company productions of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Phantom of the Opera" and with many local opera companies. On the keyboard side, Alex currently studies classical piano with Lila Kane, a former summer stock pianist who remains active in musical theatre throughout Rhode Island. He has previously studied Jazz Piano with composer/pianist Michael Kregler.

Recent engagements include accompanist for St. Andrew's School in Barrington, Don Alfonso in scenes from Cosi fan tutte (Opera Workshop @ Rhode Island College), synthesizer strings & arrangements for Damn Yankees (Rhode Island College Theatre), asst. music director and pianist for South Pacific (Providence Country Day), and pianist for Tick, Tick, BOOM! (W. Warwick High School).

In August 2006, Alex was the music director, pianist, and co-orchestrator of The Clockwork Waltz - A Musical Tribute to The Dresden Dolls in its world premiere by East Providenece Community Theatre.

Alex has recently appeared on stage with the East Providence Community Theatre as Egeus in Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (2005). Alex was previously the Music Director of the Holy Ghost Brotherhood Mariense Youth Group in East Providence. With HGBM he directed music and was pianist/conductor for Annie and The Wizard of Oz (RSC). He was also a pianist for The Wizard of Oz (RSC) at the now closed City Nights Dinner Theatre in Pawtucket.

Credits at East Providence High School include Keyboardist for Footloose - The Musical (2005); Bishop of Digne, Bambatois, Grantaire & Major Domo in Les Miserables (2004); Slim and Keyboard II in Oklahoma! (2003); Mr. Sheinkopf and Keyboard II in Fame - The Musical (2002); and The Messenger/Ensemble in The Wiz (2001).

Credits at Riverside Middle School include Crapshooter (Closing night cameo) in Guys & Dolls Jr. (2004), (School Board Member) in The Music Man Jr. (2003), Lighting Design & MIDI sequencing for The Wizard of Oz (2002), and Rooster Hannigan in Annie Jr. (2001)

Other Credits include Xander Harris and MIDI sequencing for 'Once More, With Feeling - A Buffy Musical,' a television-to-stage adaptation directed by Jon Brennan (2004).

Alex is also a keyboardist/vocalist for local rock band Shryne since 2004.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 12 June 2007 )
 


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