Philip Alexander
Artistic Director (1999)
Philip Alexander, returns for his sixth full season as Artistic Director of the Gulf Coast Men's Chorus, after participating as Assistant Director for the chorus, and as the creator & Director of the Florida Pride Singers, a breakout ensemble made up of GCMC chorus members.
A native of Topeka, KS, Philip received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Humanities from the College of New Rochelle in New York and is currently pursuing a Masters of Music in Choral Conducting from the University of South Florida in Tampa. His directing and conducting credits include the creation and direction of the nation's Bi-Centennial choir in Topeka, KS in 1976; the creation and production of several Gospel Groups, producing national tours and co-producing two albums. He has studied voice, conducting, clarinet, piano and violin (just to name a few).
Philip has also made a contribution as an actor and theater director playing leading roles in Once Upon A Mattress and Sound of Music in Tulsa, OK; Run For Your Wife, Oklahoma and Pajama Game on Long Island, NY; and Mama's Ghost and Much Ado About Nothing in New York City, and countless others over the past 37 years. When he is not performing or conducting he enjoys arranging musical works for the chorus to perform, and has seen some of those works performed before an audience of thousands at the GALA Choral Festival VII in Montreal, Canada and at the GALA Festival 2008 in Miami.
Philip has performed with the Gay Games Chorus in Sydney, Australia; as a back-up singer for Nell Carter during the GALA Chorus Festival VI in San Jose, CA; with the Gay Games Chorus in Amsterdam; as part of the New York City Gay Men's Chorus at Carnegie Hall and numerous other choruses in Paris, London, Singapore, Malaysia, Germany and Switzerland. He is extremely pleased and proud to add DIVERSITY: The Voices of Sarasota to his list of credits.
