Alexandra Fall

Alexandra Fol (b. 1981) has composed more than 50 works in different mediums, which have been performed by ensembles such as the Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Sofia Philharmonic, Orkestr De Ereprijs, the New Score Chamber orchestra, and the McGill University Orchestra, among others. Born in Sofia, she studied composition at Boston University, the Eastman School of Music and McGill University where she earned her Doctorate. She was a finalist for the 2006 Gaudeamus Prize in composition and a 2007 Tanglewood Music Center composition fellow, and is recipient of grants by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Bulgarian Ministry of Culture among others. In 2005, Fol was one of four composers commissioned to write a children's work for the 70-th anniversary of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra's Children Series. "Pegasus", Op. 37, was performed during the 2005-2006 Montreal Symphony Orchestra's Children's Series, and included in an educational CD for children. Fol's commissions include chamber music premiered at Carnegie Hall, two short film scores, a work for the McGill University Orchestra, choir works, a piece for the Orkestr De Ereprijs in the Netherlands, etc. She is currently organist and director of music at St. James United Church in Montréal.