Alexis Cole
Founder & Director
A dozen albums into her career, vocalist Alexis Cole is hitting her stride. As a sought after international performer, she’s appeared with her trio, with whom she both plays piano and sings, and is a frequent guest with big bands and pops orchestras including the Boston Pops and the Detroit Symphony. In 2020 she founded the online educational community JazzVoice.com, and co-founded the Virginia Beach Vocal Jazz Summit. Alexis’ 2024 release “Jazz Republic: Taiwan, the United States and the Freedom of Swing” features big band arrangements written for her during her six years serving in the Army as the vocalist for the West Point Band’s Jazz Knights Big Band. After the Army, Alexis headed the Vocal Jazz program at SUNY Purchase for ten years. Her students included Multi-Grammy Award winning vocalist Samara Joy. In 2023 Alexis founded MusicAuditions.com to help emerging artists connect to opportunities.
Fun Fact
During the pandemic Alexis plumbed a washing machine and designed and installed an outdoor shower!