Producer | ARTS LEADER | DEIA Consultant
MUSIC EDUCATOR | Opera Singer
Get to Know Alexis.
Alexis is a Boston-based multi-hyphenate producer, arts administrator, DEIA consultant, opera singer, and music educator currently residing on the stolen territory of the Wampanoag, Massachusett, Pokanoket, and Pawtucket tribes. Focused on creating accessible pathways to opera and theatrical arts, Alexis mounts cutting-edge narratives on the performance stage and creates meaningful and welcoming theatrical experiences. Her produced works have been praised for their “technical marvel” and “commitment to pushing the boundaries of traditional opera…[in] mind-blowing” performances.
Alexis serves as the Director of Administration for the Producer Academy, an Associate Creative Producer, and the DEIA Liason for Beth Morrison Projects, a Curriculum Writer and Teaching Artist with Castle of Our Skins, and an Education Committee and Steering Committee member for Guerilla Opera. Previously, Alexis served as the Executive Director of Boston Opera Collaborative.
Her services as an administrator, DEIA consultant, arts advocate, and educator are highly sought-after. She has been featured as a guest lecturer and panelist for Boston University, Longy School of Music, SUNY Fredonia, and the 2020 Gender Equity in Music Conference on topics including DEIA & Opera, Non-Profit Financial Management and Leadership, and Multifaceted Careers in the Arts. She has authored over fifteen DEIA-centered and trauma-informed curriculum modules for Castle of Our Skins and D-Composed and has worked closely with the Eastman School of Music, Boston University, Sigma Alpha Iota, Washington Concert Opera, and Thompson Street Opera Company on their DEIA practices and community engagement programming.
Alexis is a New York State certified K-12 music educator, teaching students throughout Rochester, NY, before her relocation to Boston. She holds an M.S. in Arts Administration, a certificate in Fundraising Management, an MM. in Vocal Performance (opera) from Boston University, and a B.M. in Vocal Performance and Music Education from the Eastman School of Music.
Alexis, equally at home on the stage, maintains an active performance career. She is a 2023 Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition New England Region Encouragement Award Winner, Boston District Winner, and a 2024/2025 returning Jane & Steven Akin Emerging Artist with Boston Lyric Opera. In the 2025/2026 season, Alexis will join the Ryan Opera Center at the Lyric Opera of Chicago. Alexis has been praised for her “plush yet robust voice” and “incredible clarity" in roles ranging from baroque operas to world premiere performances.
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Produced Works
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The Slaying of Innocence
Associate Creative Producer | Beth Morrison Projects
The Slaying of Innocence is a music-theatre work that emerges from the lived experience of African American men who have served and are currently serving prison sentences, in particular, Eric Anderson, and Wayland Coleman. Co-created by André de Quadros, Eric, and Wayland, the narrative incorporates their challenges in living life on the inside and the outside. Their stories are vividly told through rich and compelling poetry and poignant rap. The Slaying of Innocence fuses storytelling, music, and visual art to create a compelling artistic testimony about America’s broken and racialized justice system and the triumph of hope.
Winter 2026
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Whispers: Echoes From the Halls
Producing Executive Director | Boston Opera Collaborative
A walk-thorugh immersive horror opera experience staged in the historic 17th-century Shirley Eustis House Estate with dual ADA-accessible staging. Whispers features an assortment of spooky operatic moments conceived and constructed by Alexis.
October 2023
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La Tragédie de Carmen
Producing Executive Director | Boston Opera Collaborative
A mesmerizing tale following Carmen, a fiercely independent woman who catches the attention of the young, naive soldier, Don José.
The performances will occur at Arrow Street Arts in Cambridge, formally home of the American Repertory Theater's Oberon Theater. We will be the first opera (and first performance!) produced in their officially opened space.
April 2024
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Room&Board & Opera
Producing Executive Director | Boston Opera Collaborative
An evening of contemporary short American comedic operas staged and performed at the Room&Board furniture showroom in Boston, MA. Featuring Lee Hoiby’s The Italian Lesson and Jonathan Bailey Holland’s Naomi in the Living Room.
January 2024
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The Captivity of Hannah Duston
Steering Committee Member | Guerilla Opera
Amidst a social backdrop of the nation wrestling with its monuments and troubled histories, The Captivity of Hannah Duston investigates the legacy of the first American woman to have a public statue in her honor, Hannah Duston of Haverhill, Massachusetts. Controversial even in her lifetime (1657-c.1737), Duston’s story of her abduction by Native Americans during the King William’s War and her escape and slaying of her captors raises many ethical questions. Notable authors, Cotton Mather, John Greenleaf Whittier, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Henry David Thoreau and Sarah Josepha Hale retold the story over a period of 150 years—contradicting and attacking each other’s version of the story, employing Duston as a narrative pawn, much like current broadcast media anchors spin stories to their demographic's political leanings.
Premiere Date TBA
“Whispers: Echoes from the Halls was a technical marvel, harnessing the venue’s eerie ambiance with a minimalist design that embraced unsettling colonial aesthetics, dramatic lighting, and strategically placed doorways that allowed performers to melt in and out of rooms. The performances were mind-blowing.”
— No Proscenium in response to Whispers: Echoes From The Halls
Curriculum Writing & Arts Education
Alexis is dedicated to fostering inclusive learning environments where classical music and opera are accessible to all. Through DEIA-centered curriculum development and empowering educators to engage in dialogue about diverse music, she aims to inspire lifelong appreciation and participation in the arts.
Alexis has authored over ten DEIA centered curriculums and frequently appears throughout Boston as a Teaching Artist and guest lecturer on topics including DEIA & Opera, Non-Profit Financial Management and Leadership, Multifaceted Careers in the Arts, and the contributions of Black composers and performing artists throughout history.
AUTHORED CURRICULUMS
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Curriculum Writer | Castle of Our Skins
Castle of Our Skins and Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP) are proud to announce the release of Anthony Davis' X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X and free companion curriculum guide!
The curriculum guide, developed by Castle of Our Skins and a team of Massachusetts educators, includes lesson plans and recommendations to lead students through the life and legacy of Malcolm X. Designed to be suitable for a variety of K-12 classroom subjects, the guide weaves biographical, historical, and musical material to encourage creative and comparative thinking about Malcolm X.
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Curriculum Writer | Castle of Our Skins
Rising Tide Music Press that, according to a COOS press release, will commission 18 African diasporic composers to create new works for young musicians and will result in 18 compositions for beginner/intermediate K-12 wind, string, and choral ensembles; culturally responsive STEAM-based curriculum guides to accompany each new work; and global availability to scores and teaching guides through Rising Tide Music Press publication.
Alexis has authored the following curriculum guides to accompany the following Rising Tides piece commissions:
Fred O’s “Safari Jam”
Che Buford’s “Roadtrips”
Darius Edward’s “In My Skin”
Marcus Norris’ “Lucky Me”
Maria Thompson Corley’s “Peace, Peace, My Soul”
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Curriculum Writer | D-Composed
nspired by our signature performance series, Black Composers 101, we've created educational on-demand videos and curriculum guides for grades 6-9 highlighting the breadth and depth of the music of Black composers. Compositions follow themes such as Early Creators, Beyond Classical, Music of the Diaspora, Music for Storytelling, and Improvisation & Experimentation.
Each video and guide gives you tools and resources that will allow you to bring the works and stories of Black composers into your classroom. Performance videos and their accompanying activities are designed to deepen students' understanding of the works of Black composers and promote more profound listening to understand society and culture.
Alexis’ Creative Spaces
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Boston Opera Collaborative
Previous Executive Director (2022 - 2024)
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Beth Morrison Projects
Director of Administration: The Producer Academy
DEIA Liason
Associate Creative Producer -
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Castle of our skins
Teaching Artist & Curriculum Writer
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Guerilla Opera
Community and Education Committee Member
Steering Committee Member
