Member
Contact Information
alix.evans@gmail.comhttps://www.alix-evans.com
Location
Silver Spring, Maryland
Early Music Skills & Interests
Conductor, Harp, Voice - Mezzo-SopranoEarly Music Affiliations
Conductor, Educator, Music/Artistic Director, Performer
Biography
Whether singing the soaring chants of Hildegard of Bingen or crafting arrangements of ancient music for historical harps, Alix Evans is dedicated to breathing life back into ancient music. She finds the sounds of medieval lays, epics, and polyphonic works to be not just aesthetically beautiful, but positively gripping, at once both familiar and captivatingly different. Alix’s passion is inspiring people through performance of this unique repertoire, and drawing them into the world of early music through teaching and performance opportunities.
Alix also enjoys working with living composers, and has performed with choirs and ensembles across North America. She is a featured soloist on the debut recording of Tristan Latchford’s “A Celebration of Women in the Bible.” She has performed with choirs specializing in music of the Renaissance in Madison, WI, Baltimore, MD, Ottawa, ON and with Illuminare and Brigid’s Circle in Washington DC. During the pandemic, Alix founded “Falsa Musica,” a venue through which avocational singers could gather online while choirs were dark to sing medieval monophonic music – one of the few repertoires that lends itself to group singing over Zoom.
Alix is the director of the new medieval ensemble Ignota, and is music director of Second Wind Chorus in Washington DC. She leads the youth music programs at Saint Luke Lutheran Church in Silver Spring, MD, and runs a thriving private vocal studio in Silver Spring, MD and online. Alix holds an MM in historical performance and vocal pedagogy from the Peabody Institute, and is a member of the Peabody LAUNCHPad faculty.
