Alex started his musical education in Hull University reading Music and Drama. During his three years, He performed and musically directed several shows including ‘Jerry Springer the Opera’ by Richard Thomas; ‘Last 5 years’ by Jason Robert Brown; and he composed a musical adaptation of the play ‘Yerma’ by Garica Lorca.

During his education, he has studied with Sarah Leonard, Christopher Wilson and Henry Herford, performing a wide range of repertoire with a focus on English song. He has sung at master classes from Opera North, Robert Tear, Sarah Conolley and Joel Efram in their respective fields and he has also performed as a Jazz singer in The Edinburgh Fringe Festival twice with the Hull University Big Band.  In addition, he has performed Jazz with several solo artists including Maureen Braithwaite. His main interests are both Opera and Musical theatre.

He recently graduated from Trinity Laban conservatoire with a Masters (with distinction) in Vocal performance. He was taught by Lynton Atkinson and Helen Yorke, whilst also receiving master classes and lessons from several other performers including Simon Keenlyside and Linda Hirst. During his time at Trinity, Alex has performed as a soloist with the BBC Symphony Chorus at the Royal Albert Hall, worked with ENO as a minor role in a workshop production of Two Boys by Nico Muhly and performed as a soloist in the London Handel Festival 2011, conducted by Adrian Butterfield. He also sings with the Blossom Street Singers, a choir that has performed on Channel 4, Sky, BBC TV and mostly recently on channel 5 in an Eddie Stobart Trucks and trailers commercial.

Recent performances include Szymanowski's Stabat Mater (Baritone solo); Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Pirates of Penzance' (Major-General); Benjamin Britten’s ‘Albert Herring’ (Sid); and Daniel-Lesur's 'Le Cantique des Cantiques' in the 31st Prom 2010 (Tenor Solo). He records with BBC Radio regularly, most recently the morning service on Radio 4 (2nd and 3rd of November) and will be appearing on Songs of Praise in March. Alex also recently completed The 3 month Intensive Opera Performance Course at the Advanced Performers studio at Riverside Studios. He has recently started teaching as an Arts Academy professor, as well as privately.

As of July last year, Alex has been retraining as a Tenor in relative secrecy! He has performed scenes from Don Giovanni, Die Zauberflote, Idomeneo and is looking forward to performing Queen of Spades with Grange Park Opera in their 2012 Summer Season.