Alexandra Fol has composed more than 70 works in different mediums, which have been performed by ensembles such as the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra, the orkest de ereprijs, Ossia New Music, the New Fromm Players, the thingNY ensemble, the Young Artists Orchestra, L'Orchestre de la Francophonie Canadienne, McGill University Orchestra, and others. She holds a Doctorate in composition from McGill University's Schulich School of Music.

 

Fol serves as principal organist at the Saintre-Angèle Church in Montreal and as Composer in Residence of Levon Manukyan Collegium Musicum. She was a finalist for the 2006 Gaudeamus Prize in composition and the 2007 Tanglewood Music Centre Leonard Bernstein composition fellow. Fol has received grants from the SOCAN Founation, the Canada Council for the Arts, Le Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec, and the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture among others.

Fol studied composition at Boston University and the Eastman School of Music. Her principal teachers include Richard Cornell , Robert Morris and John Rea. She resides in Montreal, Canada.

 

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