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My work sits at the intersection of music, psychology, and education, with a focus on creating collaborative, people-centered projects that support both artistic expression and mental well-being. I am passionate about using music as a tool for connection, storytelling, and community in creative environments.
My work sits at the intersection of music, psychology, and education, with a focus on creating collaborative, people-centered projects that support both artistic expression and mental well-being. I am passionate about using music as a tool for connection, storytelling, and community in creative environments.
Alex Irwin (he/him) is a composer, writer, and performer from Norman, Oklahoma, currently pursuing a Master of Music in Composition at Carnegie Mellon University. He has a particular interest in writing for the voice, with a focus on art song, musical theatre, and choral music.
His compositions have been commissioned by the University of Oklahoma Men’s Glee Club, the OU School of Music voice faculty, the OU School of Drama, and the Sooner Theatre, and his work has been featured internationally at the 2023 International Music Festival of the Adriatic in Italy and Slovenia. He recently received an Honorable Mention from Calliope’s Call 2025, an international art song competition, for “Time Does Not Bring Relief,” his setting of Edna St. Vincent Millay’s "Sonnet II".
Recent projects include the premiere of "Our Great Escape" with the Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic Orchestra, the debut of Once, There Was a Star, a new Christmas cantata written with Chris Renaud, music and arrangements for Ritchie: The Day Before the Music Died, a new play by Dr. Robert Con Davis-Undiano, workshop readings with the Akropolis Reed Quintet and a Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra string quintet, and premieres of “The Voice of the Sea” with the CMU D-flat Singers and “December Roses” for soprano Rebecca Clark at the University of Michigan. In addition to composing, Alex works as a freelance arranger, music-director, and voice teacher; he performs as a violinist with Mariachi Orgullo de America and the Irish band Puffins in the Kitchen; and he sings as part of his solo project Alex ByTrade, where he just released his live album, Arlo & the Others.
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