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


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

— The New Yorker

upcoming events

June 6, 2025 — 5:00 p.m.
Fade — flute and fixed electronics
Also work by Richard Wilson
Carl Gutowski, flute
Vassar College
4 Chapel Road
Poughkeepsie, NY

June 11, 2025
Lantana — oboe and fixed electronics
Jennet Ingle, oboe
International Double Reed Society Conference
Butler University
Indianapolis, IN

listen / watch

Time Unfolding — concerto for alto saxophone and wind ensemble
Performed by Maryland Winds and saxophonist Doug O’Connor

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 offers consulting services for creative professionals who want to elevate their careers.


newsletter

Alexandra occasionally writes about her creative projects and inspiring discoveries.

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