Alexandria deVries
Artist in Residence
Alexandria deVries attended the Crane School of Music in Potsdam, NY, where she received her Bachelor of Music Degree in Music Education and Master of Music Degree in Clarinet Performance. During her time at the Crane School of Music, Alexandria received awards for her contributions to the Crane School of Music, as well as the humanitarian award for her work at the Reachout Crisis Hotline.

Alexandria has been teaching in the public schools for thirteen years, eight in the East Meadow School District. In addition to teaching band at Meadowbrook Elementary School, Alexandria is a woodwind teacher at Woodland Middle School, and is the director of the East Meadow High School Color Guard.

Outside of school, Alexandria is pit orchestra musician at the Smithtown Center for the Performing Arts. As a woodwind doubler, Alexandria has performed Off-Broadway in shows including 42nd Street, The Sound of Music, and Fiddler on the Roof. Alexandria is a founding member of the East End Winds woodwind trio. Alexandria’s notable teachers include Robert Dalpiaz, Alan Woy, Julianne Kirk-Doyle, and conducting teacher Brian K. Doyle.

In addition to performing, Alexandria maintains a private woodwind studio and her students have achieved great success at NYSSMA festivals and have been invited to participate in All-County, All-State, and All-National Conferences. This is Alexandria’s fifth year working with the Nassau-Suffolk Performing Arts as an artist-in-residence for their high school ensembles. For eleven years, Alexandria returned to her alma mater as the Administrative Assistant to the Director of the Crane Youth Music camp, an intense summer music program for students ages 12-18. Alexandria is the author of 5 Solos for the Beginning Clarinetist published by Pinnacle Music Press.