Alex Morris
Featured on New Music Arizona Concert, June 20, 2010, 3:00 PM

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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.