Alex Roose

Alex studied Modern European Languages at the Australian National University (ANU) and Music at the University of Melbourne. Having returned to Adelaide in 2017 after ten years in the UK, Alex has become much in demand as a choral conductor, soloist and ensemble singer. He is a member of State Opera of SA and Adelaide Chamber Singers, and has appeared as a soloist for Various People Inc. and Adelaide Philharmonia Chorus.

During his time in the UK Alex enjoyed a varied career including over 100 performances at St Martin-in-the Fields, regular broadcasts on BBC radio and television, and recitals and oratorio concerts throughout the UK and continental Europe. As a bass soloist he performed with the BBC Concert Orchestra on Radio 2, and appeared with Dame Emma Kirkby and James Bowman for the 2012 Brighton Fringe.

He was Music Director of the New Sussex Singers and Assistant Chorus Master for Brighton Festival Chorus. Alex is now Director of Music at Church of the Epiphany, Crafers, and directs Voices in the Wilderness and Vocali Chamber Chorale. He is also a presenter with Radio 5MBS.