Nicole Alexander (producer)
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Nicole Alexander is an Australian born opera and film producer, film maker and artistic/musical director currently based in New York.
, Australia
. She attended the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
; and was the recipient of various vocal scholarships including The Helen Myers Vocal Scholarship and The Sydney Savage Club Vocal Scholarship. She graduated with a Bachelor of Music. She is a graduate from New York University
in filmmaking and in September 2009 was awarded the Joan Sutherland Scholarship from the American Australian Association.
2010/2011 accolades:
In New York: Nicole recently produced the Parenthood
Season 2 promotional Launch for NBC Universal
, the NYC premiere of the Dita Von Teese
Opium Den show, The Christie's
and Vogue
Runway to Green Fashion show, Pernod Ricard's Absolut Orient Apple Consumer and Capital Market Events, Clinique Bloggers and Junior Editor Events.
In LA: Various components for GRAMMY week February 2011, Delta Entitlement Day for Lakers (Staples Arena LA), Absolut Orient Apple Consumer Launch.
In Germany: Nicole produced the 125th Anniversary celebration and fireworks show for Mercedes-Benz
at the Ludwigsburg Palace
.
In 2005, she produced "A Mid-Summer Opera 2005" and "A Mid-Winter Recital 2005" at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
. In 2006 she produced Les Misérables – The Schools Edition (dir. Kate Gaul) at NIDA
, The Royal Flying Doctor's Concert at City Recital Hall Angel Place and "A Mid-Summer Opera" featuring the world premiere of Love's Lessons Learned (Sussman/Dickinson) at the Sydney Conservatorium. In 2007 she produced the Helpmann Award-winning Australian production of Dead Man Walking
at the State Theatre
Sydney (directed by Nigel Jamieson, starring Teddy Tahu Rhodes
). She also produced the Australian Tour of the Tallis Scholars
(directed by Peter Phillips
, sponsored by ABC
Classic FM), the NSW premiere of Carmen The Musical at the Sydney Theatre (directed by Nigel Jamieson), Girls of the Night, Vox and Vintage (hosted by Stuart Maunder), and the first Australian International Residential Tallis Scholars
Summer School led by director Peter Phillips
at St John's College, The University of Sydney. In 2009 Alexander produced a series of various recital concerts including a large combined gala concert for the Loreto Voices and Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
at City Recital Hall Angel Place.
Alexander's vocal and musical coach credits include: The Sydney Theatre Company
's production of Gallipoli (dir. Nigel Jamieson) and John Doyle
's play The Pig Iron People (dir. Craig Ilott). She was also the vocal coach for Belvoir St Theatre
's (Company B
) production of The Man from Mukinupin (dir. Wesley Enoch
). Alexander also appeared as a vocal coach on Australian Idol
in 2009. In 2004 she assisted with the children's casting of Disney's The Lion King
(dir. Julie Taymor) in Australia. Alexander coached the two cantor soloists for the World Youth Day 2008
Opening Mass, the soloist for the Evening Vigil with the Holy Father and the soprano soloist for the Joan of Arc, Voices of Light, Oratorio in the Sydney Domain.
Alexander's performing credits include Dido in Dido and Aeneas
, Sarah in Guys and Dolls, Josie Pye in Anne of Green Gables
, Mrs Noye in Noye's Fludde, Susan in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Mama in I Remember Mama, and Ophelia in Rags. Alexander has performed in many solo shows in Sydney and made her NYC performance debut at the world famous Don't Tell Mama
in February 2010 with her solo show Alexander's Ragtime Band, which she also performed in Sydney.
Alexander is the creator and former Musical/Artistic Director of TEMPUS (now ARYA). Their performing credits include the 2007 Australian Idol
Grand Final, the 2008 World Youth Day Opening Ceremony, and the Ian Moss/Wendy Matthews Never Say Never National Tour 2008.
Alexander's short documentary film Living Liza premiered late 2009 at the Cantor Film Center in NY and she produced her first feature film of Molière's Don Juan
in New York early 2010 for Aleph Motion Pictures (currently in post production).
Alexander's Artistic Manager credits include: The Anthony Warlow
/Lesley Garrett
Magic of the Music concert series and the Australia/New Zealand Russell Watson
Amore Musica Tour. She also managed artists and worked with the head of Actor's agents for Robyn Gardiner (RGM) in her early career.
Alexander has worked for Opera Australia
, Andrew McManus Presents, MKG (this is MKG), Van Wyck & Van Wyck, the Federal Office of the AMEB (Australian Music Examinations Board), Supersonic (Australian Film Composers), the National Office of DMX Music, and with the head of Actors' Agents at RGM (Robyn Gardiner) Associates.
Early life
Alexander was born in SydneySydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. She attended the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
The Sydney Conservatorium of Music is one of the oldest and most prestigious music schools in Australia...
; and was the recipient of various vocal scholarships including The Helen Myers Vocal Scholarship and The Sydney Savage Club Vocal Scholarship. She graduated with a Bachelor of Music. She is a graduate from New York University
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
in filmmaking and in September 2009 was awarded the Joan Sutherland Scholarship from the American Australian Association.
Career
Alexander established Alexander Productions in 2004. She established Alexander Productions Inc in the USA 2010.2010/2011 accolades:
In New York: Nicole recently produced the Parenthood
Parenthood (2010 TV series)
Parenthood is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Jason Katims and produced by Imagine Television and Universal Media Studios. The first season premiered on March 2, 2010 on NBC...
Season 2 promotional Launch for NBC Universal
NBC Universal
NBCUniversal Media, LLC is a media and entertainment company engaged in the production and marketing of entertainment, news, and information products and services to a global customer base...
, the NYC premiere of the Dita Von Teese
Dita Von Teese
Dita Von Teese is an American burlesque dancer, model, costume designer, author and actress.-Early life:...
Opium Den show, The Christie's
Christie's
Christie's is an art business and a fine arts auction house.- History :The official company literature states that founder James Christie conducted the first sale in London, England, on 5 December 1766, and the earliest auction catalogue the company retains is from December 1766...
and Vogue
Vogue (magazine)
Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...
Runway to Green Fashion show, Pernod Ricard's Absolut Orient Apple Consumer and Capital Market Events, Clinique Bloggers and Junior Editor Events.
In LA: Various components for GRAMMY week February 2011, Delta Entitlement Day for Lakers (Staples Arena LA), Absolut Orient Apple Consumer Launch.
In Germany: Nicole produced the 125th Anniversary celebration and fireworks show for Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz
Mercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...
at the Ludwigsburg Palace
Ludwigsburg Palace
Ludwigsburg Palace is a historical building in the city of Ludwigsburg , Germany. It is one of the country's largest Baroque palaces and features an enormous garden in that style....
.
In 2005, she produced "A Mid-Summer Opera 2005" and "A Mid-Winter Recital 2005" at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music
Sydney Conservatorium of Music
The Sydney Conservatorium of Music is one of the oldest and most prestigious music schools in Australia...
. In 2006 she produced Les Misérables – The Schools Edition (dir. Kate Gaul) at NIDA
National Institute of Dramatic Art
The National Institute of Dramatic Art is an Australian national training institute for students of theatre, film, and television, based in the Sydney suburb of Kensington. It is supported by the federal Office for the Arts, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. NIDA is located adjacent...
, The Royal Flying Doctor's Concert at City Recital Hall Angel Place and "A Mid-Summer Opera" featuring the world premiere of Love's Lessons Learned (Sussman/Dickinson) at the Sydney Conservatorium. In 2007 she produced the Helpmann Award-winning Australian production of Dead Man Walking
Dead Man Walking (opera)
Dead Man Walking is the first opera by Jake Heggie, with a libretto by Terrence McNally; it premiered on October 7, 2000 at the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco Opera.-Roles:...
at the State Theatre
State Theatre (Sydney)
The State Theatre is a heritage-listed theatre, located in Market Street, in the city centre of Sydney, Australia.The Sydney Film Festival is hosted there for two weeks each June, and has been there since 1974.-Description and history:...
Sydney (directed by Nigel Jamieson, starring Teddy Tahu Rhodes
Teddy Tahu Rhodes
-Early life:Teddy Tahu Rhodes was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 30 August 1966, to a British mother and a New Zealand father. The Maori word "Tahu", which means "to set on fire", was added to the family name soon after they settled in New Zealand...
). She also produced the Australian Tour of the Tallis Scholars
Tallis Scholars
The Tallis Scholars are a British vocal ensemble normally consisting of two singers per part, with a core group of ten singers.Formed in 1973 by their director Peter Phillips, they specialise in performing a cappella sacred vocal music written during the Renaissance by composers from all over Europe...
(directed by Peter Phillips
Peter Phillips
Peter Phillips is the son of Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom.Peter Phillips or Philips may also refer to:* Peter Philips Peter Phillips (born 1977) is the son of Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom.Peter Phillips or Philips may also refer to:* Peter Philips Peter Phillips (born...
, sponsored by ABC
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
Classic FM), the NSW premiere of Carmen The Musical at the Sydney Theatre (directed by Nigel Jamieson), Girls of the Night, Vox and Vintage (hosted by Stuart Maunder), and the first Australian International Residential Tallis Scholars
Tallis Scholars
The Tallis Scholars are a British vocal ensemble normally consisting of two singers per part, with a core group of ten singers.Formed in 1973 by their director Peter Phillips, they specialise in performing a cappella sacred vocal music written during the Renaissance by composers from all over Europe...
Summer School led by director Peter Phillips
Peter Phillips
Peter Phillips is the son of Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom.Peter Phillips or Philips may also refer to:* Peter Philips Peter Phillips (born 1977) is the son of Anne, Princess Royal of the United Kingdom.Peter Phillips or Philips may also refer to:* Peter Philips Peter Phillips (born...
at St John's College, The University of Sydney. In 2009 Alexander produced a series of various recital concerts including a large combined gala concert for the Loreto Voices and Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
Australian Brandenburg Orchestra
The Australian Brandenburg Orchestra is an Australian period instrument orchestra specialising in the performance of baroque and classical music.The musicians play from original edition scores on restored or reproduced instruments of the 18th century...
at City Recital Hall Angel Place.
Alexander's vocal and musical coach credits include: The Sydney Theatre Company
Sydney Theatre Company
The Sydney Theatre Company is one of Australia's best-known theatre companies operating from The Wharf Theatre near The Rocks area of Sydney, as well as the Sydney Theatre and the Sydney Opera House Drama Theatre....
's production of Gallipoli (dir. Nigel Jamieson) and John Doyle
John Doyle (comedian)
John Partick Doyle AM is an award-winning Australian actor, writer, radio presenter and comedian.-Early life:Doyle was born in Lithgow, New South Wales in 1953 into a music-loving, Catholic household with three sisters and a brother. His mother was a business woman and father a railway fettler...
's play The Pig Iron People (dir. Craig Ilott). She was also the vocal coach for Belvoir St Theatre
Belvoir St Theatre
Belvoir St Theatre is an Australian theatre venue in Sydney. The venue in Belvoir Street, Surry Hills previously operated as the Nimrod Theatre, and was founded as "Belvoir St" in 1984 by Sue Hill and Chris Westwood...
's (Company B
Company B (theatre)
Belvoir is an Australian theatre company based at the Belvoir St Theatre in Sydney, Australia. Its Artistic Director is Ralph Myers.Belvoir receives government support for its activities from the federal government through the Major Performing Arts Board of the Australia Council for the Arts and...
) production of The Man from Mukinupin (dir. Wesley Enoch
Wesley Enoch
Wesley Enoch is an Australian playwright and artistic director of Murri descent.- Life :The eldest son of Doug and Lyn Enoch from Stradbroke Island, Wesley Enoch grew up in Brisbane....
). Alexander also appeared as a vocal coach on Australian Idol
Australian Idol
Australian Idol is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on July 2003 and ended its run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive...
in 2009. In 2004 she assisted with the children's casting of Disney's The Lion King
The Lion King
The Lion King is a 1994 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is the 32nd feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series...
(dir. Julie Taymor) in Australia. Alexander coached the two cantor soloists for the World Youth Day 2008
World Youth Day 2008
The 23rd World Youth Day 2008 was a Catholic youth festival that started on 15 July and continued until 20 July 2008 in Sydney, Australia. It was the first World Youth Day held in Australia and the first World Youth Day in Oceania. This meeting was decided by Pope Benedict XVI, during the Cologne...
Opening Mass, the soloist for the Evening Vigil with the Holy Father and the soprano soloist for the Joan of Arc, Voices of Light, Oratorio in the Sydney Domain.
Alexander's performing credits include Dido in Dido and Aeneas
Dido and Aeneas
Dido and Aeneas is an opera in a prologue and three acts by the English Baroque composer Henry Purcell to a libretto by Nahum Tate. The first known performance was at Josias Priest's girls' school in London no later than the summer of 1688. The story is based on Book IV of Virgil's Aeneid...
, Sarah in Guys and Dolls, Josie Pye in Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables is a bestselling novel by Canadian author Lucy Maud Montgomery published in 1908. Set in 1878, it was written as fiction for readers of all ages, but in recent decades has been considered a children's book...
, Mrs Noye in Noye's Fludde, Susan in The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, Mama in I Remember Mama, and Ophelia in Rags. Alexander has performed in many solo shows in Sydney and made her NYC performance debut at the world famous Don't Tell Mama
Don't tell mama
Don't Tell Mama is a piano bar and cabaret located at 343 West 46th Street in New York City, USA, known in part for being featured on the TV show Friends....
in February 2010 with her solo show Alexander's Ragtime Band, which she also performed in Sydney.
Alexander is the creator and former Musical/Artistic Director of TEMPUS (now ARYA). Their performing credits include the 2007 Australian Idol
Australian Idol
Australian Idol is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on July 2003 and ended its run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive...
Grand Final, the 2008 World Youth Day Opening Ceremony, and the Ian Moss/Wendy Matthews Never Say Never National Tour 2008.
Alexander's short documentary film Living Liza premiered late 2009 at the Cantor Film Center in NY and she produced her first feature film of Molière's Don Juan
Don Juan
Don Juan is a legendary, fictional libertine whose story has been told many times by many authors. El burlador de Sevilla y convidado de piedra by Tirso de Molina is a play set in the fourteenth century that was published in Spain around 1630...
in New York early 2010 for Aleph Motion Pictures (currently in post production).
Alexander's Artistic Manager credits include: The Anthony Warlow
Anthony Warlow
Anthony Warlow is an Australian opera and musical theatre performer, noted for his character acting and considerable vocal range ....
/Lesley Garrett
Lesley Garrett
Lesley Garrett CBE is an English musician, broadcaster and media personality.- Early life :Garrett was born in the town of Thorne near Doncaster in South Yorkshire, into a musical family. She attended Thorne Grammar School, where she performed in school plays and musicals. As she grew up she...
Magic of the Music concert series and the Australia/New Zealand Russell Watson
Russell Watson
Russell Watson is an English tenor who has released singles and albums of both operatic-style and pop songs. The self-styled "People's Tenor" had been singing since he was a child, and became known after performing at a working men's club...
Amore Musica Tour. She also managed artists and worked with the head of Actor's agents for Robyn Gardiner (RGM) in her early career.
Alexander has worked for Opera Australia
Opera Australia
Opera Australia is the principal opera company in Australia. Based in Sydney, its performance season at the Sydney Opera House runs for approximately eight months of the year, with the remainder of its time spent in the The Arts Centre in Melbourne...
, Andrew McManus Presents, MKG (this is MKG), Van Wyck & Van Wyck, the Federal Office of the AMEB (Australian Music Examinations Board), Supersonic (Australian Film Composers), the National Office of DMX Music, and with the head of Actors' Agents at RGM (Robyn Gardiner) Associates.
Awards
- 2008 Helpmann AwardHelpmann AwardThe Helpmann Awards recognize distinguished artistic achievement and excellence in Australia's live performing arts sectors. The recognized disciplines include musical and physical theatre, contemporary and classical music, opera, and dance, with a comedy category introduced in 2006...
s:- Best Scenic Design = Dan Potra, Dead Man Walking, Andrew McManus Presents and Alexander Productions
- Best Male Performer in an Opera = Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Dead Man Walking, Andrew McManus Presents and Alexander Productions
- Nominations for 2008 Helpmann Awards:
- Best Opera 2008 Helpmann Awards: Dead Man Walking, Presenter(s) Andrew McManus Presents and Alexander Productions
- Best Direction of an Opera 2008 Helpmann Awards: Nigel Jamieson, Production/Event Dead Man Walking Presenter(s) Andrew McManus Presents and Alexander Productions
- Best Male Performer in an Opera 2008 Helpmann Awards: Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Production/Event Dead Man Walking Presenter(s) Andrew McManus Presents and Alexander Productions
- Best Female Performer in an Opera 2008 Helpmann Awards: Kirsti Harms, Production/Event Dead Man Walking Presenter(s) Andrew McManus Presents and Alexander Productions
- Best Lighting Design 2008 Helpmann Awards (Industry): Trudy Dalgleish, Production/Event Dead Man Walking Presenter(s) Andrew McManus Presents and Alexander Productions
- Best Set Design 2008 Helpmann Awards (Industry): Dan Potra, Production/Event Dead Man Walking Presenter(s) Andrew McManus Presents and Alexander Productions
- Dame Joan Sutherland Award from the Australian American Association September 2009