Andrae Alexander
Andrae Alexander (born December 8, 1981) is an American music Director, a composer of film and television music and a producer based in Los Angeles. Alexander is known for his work on Detroit ("The D"),<ref name="001-washptThe Birth of a Nation (2016 film) and Empire. He has performed internationally in locations including Norway, Ireland, Japan, England, France, Egypt, Spain, and the U.S.
Education
Since 2017, Alexander is currently pursuing a Master of Arts degree in music business at the California State University, Northridge. He previously received a Bachelor of Arts degree in music Thomas Edison State University in 2017. He graduated from the United States Armed Forces School of Music in 2000.
Career
Music career
Alexander was a MusicAL director for two gospel plays, “Ms. Aretha”, and “The Life of Miles Davis”.
Alexander arranged music for “The Audition” musical, curated "4 The Love Sessions" musical talent, He also performed in the Off Broadway Show, “Enter Redemption” starring Maritri Garrette.
Alexander performed at venues including the Blue Note (New York), The Cotton Club (Japan), The Hit Factory (New York), B. B. King Blues Club and Grill (New York), the Brooklyn Arts Museum all in New York City, the Kennedy Center, the National Mall and a NASCAR race in Martinsville. .
Alexander was a Presidential pianist in the United States Navy Band of Washington D.C. from October 2003 to October 2007. He also played piano in the United States Marine Corps from September 1999 to September 2003. As a result, he has performed for President Clinton, the Crown Prince of Norway in addition to other government and military officials.
Alexander is currently musical Director at Wendy Raquel Robinson’s “Amazing Grace Conservatory” and collaborates with Emmy and Grammy winner Allee Willis for a song, video and film known as "The D", an unofficial theme song for the city of Detroit. He is also a film composer and music producer at Protective Rain Productions while teaching piano at Udemy. Alexander is working on this new jazz album, “Urban Yogi” scheduled to complete this Summer. He has been invited on notable shows including "The Ellen Show", "The Jimmy Kimmel Show", "The Jay Leno Show", "B.E.T. Presents", "The Today Show", and recently TV ONE's "R&B Diva's LA".
Since April 2017, Alexander has been an instructor of film scoring, music theory, and music composition and synthesis at The Los Angeles Film School.
Works
Music
Year |
Album title |
Artist |
Credit |
|---|---|---|---|
2017 |
Already All Ready |
La'Porsha Renae |
Music composer |
2016 |
Dress to Impress |
Keith Sweat |
Music composer |
2016 |
More Issues Than Vogue |
K. Michelle |
Music composer, keyboards |
2016 |
The Birth of a Nation: The Inspired By Album |
Various artists |
Keyboads, Piano |
2010 |
The Love & War MasterPeace |
Raheem DeVaughn |
Music composer, piano |
2010 |
Peace |
Cam Meekins |
Music composer |
2008 |
Identified |
Vanessa Hudgens |
Piano |
Filmography
Year |
Title |
Credit |
|---|---|---|
2017 |
Allee Willis Loves Detroit (documentary) |
Music composer |
2017 |
Eboni Love (TV series) |
Music composer |
2017 |
Dying City: The Stench of [...] |
Music composer |
2017 |
Before Dawn Breaks |
Music composer |
2017 |
Lady in Red |
Music composer |
2015 |
Faux Show (TV movie) |
Music composer |
2014 |
David's Reverie |
Music composer |
2011 |
Checkered Dreams (short movie) |
Music composer |
2011 |
Gravity (short movie) |
Music composer |
2011 |
Mannie Man Up (short movie) |
Music composer |
2011 |
Play Time (short movie) |
Music composer |
2011 |
Entrance (short video) |
Director, producer, writer, actor |
2009 |
The Gift of a Letter (short movie) |
Music composer |
Books
- "Build Your Music Career From Scratch: A Step-By-Step Guide to Becoming A Successful Artist (Creating Music Success With Andrae Alexander)". June 2014. Protective Rain Publishing.