Alexandra Phillips Biography

Alexandra Phillips, a native of Vienna, Virginia, is a recent graduate of the University of Tennessee in Knoxville with a Master’s degree in vocal performance, and a graduate of the Eastman School of Music.  She most recently performed Joseph Schwantner’s Sparrows with The Contemporary Music Ensemble in Knoxville, where the Knox News Sentinel hailed, “After getting past the clashing sounds of the opening, I can’t imagine anyone singing this gentle, atmospheric piece with its glistening interior spaces more gorgeously than did soprano Alexandra Phillips.” She has also recently sung the role of  ‘Amy March’ in Mark Adamo’s Little Women with Knoxville Opera, as well as ‘Jenny Slade’ in Knoxville Opera’s production of Roman Fever during the 2005 Rossini Festival.   Alexandra has performed the roles of ‘Olympia’ in Les Contes d’Hoffmann, and ‘Little Red Ridinghood’ in Barab’s Little Red Ridinghood with Shaker Mountain Opera.  She was a winner in the Nats Mid-South Region in 2005, a semi-finalist in the 2005 Orpheus Competition, and was a two-time finalist in the Bethlehem Bach Competition. She has also been the soprano soloist for the Messiah under the direction of Dr. J. Reilly Lewis in Washington DC. Alexandra has performed the roles of ‘Monica’ in The Medium, ‘Laetitia’ in The Old Maid and the Thief, and ‘Gretel’ in Hansel and Gretel with Municipal Opera Company of Baltimore. She has soloed at the Kennedy Center, the White House, the Folger Theatre, The Washington Arts Club and has performed with Interact Theatre, The Washington Savoyards, the Washington Choral Ensemble, and the Paul Hill Chorale.  She has also sung the roles of Amore  (Orfeo) by Rossi with leading lutenist, Paul O’Dette, Susanna  (Le Nozze di Figaro,) Mabel  (The Pirates of Penzance), Sarah Brown in (Guys and Dolls), and Zorah  (Ruddigore).  She has been the soprano soloist for Handel’s Messiah, where her soprano was hailed by the Washington Post as “bright and agile..a natural to the music,”  Bach’s St. John’s Passion, Bach’s St. Matthew’s Passion, Saint-Saens’ Christmas Oratorio, Haydn’s Creation and Mozart’s Coronation Mass. Alexandra is an active recitalist and a student of ashtanga/vinyasa yoga.