Alex Morris
Featured
on New Music Arizona
Concert, June
20, 2010, 3:00 PM
Alex Morris
began playing drums at the age of 11. Born in
Prescott, he fought for any opportunity to pursue the
music that he loves. After playing at the Sedona Jazz
on the Rocks festival in 2003 and 2004, and receiving
guidance and support from luminaries such as T.S. Monk
and the unsung master Mel Zelnick, he decided to study
music at the Idyllwild Arts Academy in California.
Alex ascended to the top of the percussion studio of
both the jazz and classical departments, studying
under the acclaimed conductors Ransom Wilson, Denis
Segond, and Peter Askim, as well as the celebrated
American musicians Joe La Barbara and Marshall
Hawkins. In 2006, he made the decision to focus on
drumset under the guidance Oberlin Associate Professor
of Jazz Percussion Billy Hart.
