About

Alex Van Sant (they/he) is a Boston-based composer, conductor, and singer whose work is informed by contemporary styles such as minimalism and extended techniques, as well as sacred and folk music. Grounded in a love of choral writing and sacred repertoire, Alex brings a deep attentiveness to text, ritual, inheritance, and historical dialogue. He values collaboration with performers and poets, working with both contemporary and historical textual sources.

The former Assistant Conductor of the Middlebury College Community Chorus, Alex holds a Bachelor of Music from McGill University’s Schulich School of Music, with a concentration in Classical Voice and minors in Religious Studies and Choral Conducting. He is pursuing a Master of Music in composition at Longy School of Music of Bard College with Alexandra Du Bois.

His training includes the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign’s Choral Conducting Symposium, the Walden Creative Musicians Retreat in New Hampshire, and the Choral Chameleon Composer Institute in New York City. He sings with a variety of ensembles.

A dual Canadian-American citizen, Alex was born in Vermont and grew up in Montreal. Fluent in French and English, he studied Russian at Middlebury College, motivated by an interest in Soviet Bloc sacred music.

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