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Composer Alexandra Gardner creates music with a sparkling, expressive sound and a flair for the imaginative and unexpected.


… few [contemporary composers] achieve the particular alchemy of craft, whimsy, and sensual appeal that the Baltimore-based composer Gardner consistently produces.

— The New Yorker

upcoming events

April 9, 2025
Lantana — oboe and fixed electronics
Jennet Ingle, oboe
Merriman’s Playhouse
South Bend, IN

April 13, 2025 — 4:00 p.m. EST
Time Unfolding — version for alto saxophone and piano
Olivia Phaneuf, saxophone; Hanah Charbonneau, piano
UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Los Angeles, CA

April 23, 2025 — 8:00 p.m.
Vixen — mixed chamber ensemble
New Music at Maryland
Gildenhorn Recital Hall at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
College Park, MD

newest work

Sleeping Weather (Reimagined) — bass flute, violin, percussion, fixed media


Time Unfolding — concerto for alto saxophone and wind ensemble

listen / watch

Musicians of the Seattle Symphony perform the opening movement of Alexandra’s string quartet Coyote Turns in the Octave 9 performance space.

Pianist Natalia Kazaryan performs Hummingbird Dreams.

Flutist Megan Shanley Alger plays Fade.

Foreign Exchange by animator Corrie Francis Parks features Tourmaline.


dream & scheme sessions

Alexandra taps into 25+ years of experience to help composers from emerging to elite expand their careers.


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Photography by Alexandra Gardner, James Holt, Caren Litherland, Rob McIver, and Thom Parks.