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Upcoming Events

  • Bruch Romanze with Camellia Symphony
    Bruch Romanze with Camellia Symphony
    Jun 08, 2024, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    Sacramento, 3066 Freeport Blvd, Sacramento, CA 95818, USA
    https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6127197
  • Monterey Symphony
    Monterey Symphony
    Multiple Dates
    Sun, May 19
    Carmel-by-the-Sea
    May 19, 2024, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM
    Carmel-by-the-Sea, San Carlos St, Carmel-By-The-Sea, CA 93921, USA
  • Candlelight at California State Railroad Museum
    Candlelight at California State Railroad Museum
    May 15, 2024, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    Sacramento, 125 I St, Sacramento, CA 95814, USA
  • Phase III at the Lost Church
    Phase III at the Lost Church
    Wed, Sep 13
    Sep 13, 2023, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM
    San Francisco, 988 Columbus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94133, USA
    A night of poetry and chamber music.
  • Die Frau Ohne Schatten with SFOPERA
    Die Frau Ohne Schatten with SFOPERA
    Multiple Dates
    Wed, Jun 28
    Jun 28, 2023, 7:00 PM – 11:30 PM
    San Francisco, 301 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA
    https://www.sfopera.com/operas/die-frau-ohne-schatten/
  • SFJAZZ with Chris Potter
    SFJAZZ with Chris Potter
    Sun, Apr 23
    San Francisco
    Apr 23, 2023, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    San Francisco, 201 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA
  • Ukraine Fundraiser
    Ukraine Fundraiser
    Sat, Apr 22
    San Francisco
    Apr 22, 2023, 7:30 PM – 10:20 PM
    San Francisco, 410 Hawthorne Ave San Bruno, CA
    Tickets and info: https://fb.me/e/3xmlDmYU9
  • SFJAZZ with Chris Potter
    SFJAZZ with Chris Potter
    Fri, Apr 21
    San Francisco
    Apr 21, 2023, 7:30 PM – 9:50 PM
    San Francisco, 201 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94102, USA
    Tickets and info: https://www.sfjazz.org/calendar/?benefits=discount&month=4.2023
  • Freight and Salvage- Special Event with Lara Downes
    Freight and Salvage- Special Event with Lara Downes
    Mar 23, 2023, 6:30 PM
    Berkeley, 2020 Addison St, Berkeley, CA 94704, USA
  • Rising Star Soloist with the Camellia Symphony
    Rising Star Soloist with the Camellia Symphony
    Sun, Mar 19
    Mar 19, 2023, 3:00 PM
    Capistrano Concert Hall, 6000 State University Dr, Sacramento, CA 95819, USA
    https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/5486412
  • Soldn Out! KDFC Live Broadcast Concert with Lara Downes
    Soldn Out! KDFC Live Broadcast Concert with Lara Downes
    Thu, Mar 16
    Mar 16, 2023, 7:00 PM
    Bowes Performing Arts Center, 200 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
    https://www.kdfc.com/culture/next-sky-concert-tickets-on-sale-now/
  • Cozy Concert
    Cozy Concert
    Mon, Nov 21
    San Francisco
    Nov 21, 2022, 6:30 PM
    San Francisco, 440 Haight St, San Francisco, CA 94117, USA
    An evening of chamber music and warm drinks, suggested minimum donation of $25.
  • Classical Music Institute: Classical Mix
    Classical Music Institute: Classical Mix
    Nov 19, 2022, 7:30 PM
    San Antonio, 100 Auditorium Cir, San Antonio, TX 78205, USA
  • Classical Music Institute: Savor the Music
    Classical Music Institute: Savor the Music
    Nov 17, 2022, 7:30 PM
    San Antonio, 100 Auditorium Cir, San Antonio, TX 78205, USA
  • One Found Sound: Formation
    One Found Sound: Formation
    Sat, Nov 12
    San Francisco
    Nov 12, 2022, 8:00 PM
    San Francisco, 7 Heron St, San Francisco, CA 94103, USA
    Estevan Olmos / Mi Cultura Lejana (world premiere!) 2022 Emerging Composer Award winner! Dmitri Shostakovich / Chamber Symphony in C minor, Op. 110a (arr. Rudolf Barshai) Gabriela Lena Frank / Elegía Andina Michael Gilbertson / Graffiti: Concerto for Chamber Orchestra
  • Opera San Antonio: Pagliacci
    Opera San Antonio: Pagliacci
    Sat, Nov 05
    Nov 05, 2022, 7:30 PM
    San Antonio, 100 Auditorium Cir, San Antonio, TX 78205, USA
  • Opera San Antonio: Pagliacci
    Opera San Antonio: Pagliacci
    Thu, Nov 03
    Nov 03, 2022, 7:00 PM
    San Antonio, 100 Auditorium Cir, San Antonio, TX 78205, USA
    When a traveling acting troupe arrives to perform in a bustling town, the secrets and jealousies among them threaten to explode onstage—with deadly consequences. Performed in Italian with English translations.
  • Modesto Symphony
    Modesto Symphony
    Multiple Dates
    Sun, Oct 23
    Modesto
    Oct 23, 2022, 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM
    Modesto, 1000 I St, Modesto, CA 95354, USA
    Learn more and get tickets here: https://www.modestosymphony.org/season-calendar/oct22-cl1

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Alexandra Simpson has traveled the world as a performer and educator: from Bucaramanga, Colombia to Cornwall, England. She is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, freelancing as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player- beginning fall 2022, she serves as the Assistant Principal Violist of the California Symphony. 

 

Alexandra has appeared as a soloist with Sacramento's Camellia Symphony Orchestra, Marin Symphony, SFCM New Music Ensemble, and Classical Music Institute Chamber Orchestra. As a chamber musician, Alexandra travels frequently to festivals to perform, learn, and teach. Alexandra has participated in the Prussia Cove International Musicians’ Seminar, Kneisel Hall, Glenn Douglas Memorial Chamber Festival, Bard Music Colombia, Musikiwest Chamberfest in Pebble Beach, and Classical Music Institute in San Antonio, Texas. As an orchestra musician, she has subs with San Francisco Symphony and SFOPERA, and has served as a guest Principal Violist for OPERA San Antonio, Fresno Symphony, Stockton Symphony, One Found Sound, and Merced Symphony.

Alexandra performs regularly in the Bay Area, and has given chamber music concerts at Berkeley Piano Club, Piedmont Center for the Arts, Strings in Emeryville, and with Benicia Chamber Players. At SFJAZZ, she has played in orchestras behind legends such as Chris Potter, Anat Cohen, and Ambrose Akinmusire. She accompanied international superstar DJ Kygo at the closing act of Outside Lands in 2019, and in 2022 at BottleRock in Napa. She has appeared in music videos and documentaries for ZHU, Chuck Prophet and Mercury Soul, and was interviewed by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's for his 2020 Build Conference keynote, as well as advertisements for Microsoft Teams. At TEDXMonterey in 2021, she performed with Joan As Policewoman for a special performance. Alexandra has also played with Michael Buble, Josh Groban, Luka Sulic of 2CELLOS, Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and performed over 100 shows of The Queen's Ball: A Bridgerton Experience. Most recently, she played a four-city sold out tour with Icelandic band Sigur Ros, and performed Cobra with John Zorn as prompter at Roulette in Brooklyn. 

 

Alexandra earned her Bachelor of Music studying with renowned and Grammy-winning violist Kim Kashkashian at New England Conservatory, with the Donald Green and Lotta Crabtree Scholarships. She received both a Master of Music and Master of Musical Arts from Yale School of Music. While at Yale, Alexandra taught New Haven schoolchildren through the Yale Music in Schools initiative and developed a passion for teaching in underserved communities. Festivals such as Classical Music Institute and Bard Music Colombia have allowed her to develop this passion all over the world. In addition to teaching privately, she also teaches in the underserved city of Richmond at East Bay Center for Performing Arts.

 

While studying chamber music at San Francisco Conservatory of Music, she received coachings and lessons from world-class musicians, including Dimitri Murrath, Ian Swensen, Bonnie Hampton and the Telegraph Quartet. She had the opportunity to receive masterclasses from Kim Kashkashian, Hsin-Yun Huang, and Milena Pajaro-van-de-Stadt, and participate in residency performances with Tessa Lark, Owen Dalby, Norman Fisher, and Itamar Zorman.

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Gigue from Bach Cello Suite III in C Major, transcribed for viola

Gigue from Bach Cello Suite III in C Major, transcribed for viola

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Stamitz Viola Concerto in D Major Performed by Alexandra Simpson

Stamitz Viola Concerto in D Major Performed by Alexandra Simpson

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New and Old Music for Viola with Allie Simpson

New and Old Music for Viola with Allie Simpson

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