Performer

An experienced musician, Dr. Alex Chambers-Ozasky performs across genres. He currently serves as section cellist with the Madison Symphony Orchestra and Assistant Principal cellist of the La Crosse Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, he performs with the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, Quad City Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra Iowa, and the Wisconsin Philharmonic. In recent years, Alex has appeared as a core member of the Lake Lanier Music Festival, performing chamber music throughout North Georgia. In the summer of 2022, he was awarded a position in the Festival Napa Valley Orchestra, and during the prior summer Alex served as principal cellist of the National Repertory Orchestra in Breckenridge, Colorado.

​

A versatile performer, Alex frequently collaborates with artists across a variety of genres and styles. Most recently, he recorded tracks for the upcoming album of Toronto-based artist STORRY. Alex has been featured in multiple music videos of Chicago-based Pakistani pop music group SAMAA. Working with choreographer Lin Kahn and renowned Jerusalem-based dancer Miriam Engel (artistic director of the Angela Dance Company), he presented two concerts of music and dance in Chicago. Alex also performed with dancer Courtney Henry, of the Alonzo King LINES Ballet, in the 2014 Minnesota fringe Festival. Having performed and taught throughout North America, he is currently based in Wisconsin.

 

Teacher

​

An enthusiastic and dedicated teacher, Alex has taught musicians of all ages for the past decade and maintains a private studio of curious, thoughtful, and expressive cellists of all levels. As cellist of the Hunt String Quartet, Alex gave dozens of outreach concerts in partnership with the Madison Symphony Orchestra and UW Madison. Combining his chamber music experience with his passion for teaching, Alex has coached young chamber ensembles at the MacPhail Center for Music, International Cello Institute, and the Wisconsin Youth Symphony Orchestras. He has taught cello at the Lane Tech College Prep High School in Chicago, The EAGLE K-8 school in Fitchburg, and the Chanson Voice & Music Academy in St. Paul, MN. He is also on faculty at Carroll University in Waukesha, WI. Most recently, Alex was on faculty at the Manitou Chamber Music Festival in Colorado Springs, where he coached chamber groups and performed with the faculty string quartet as a part of their 2024 summer festival. 

 

Education

​

Alex received his Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) from the University of Toronto Faculty of Music, where he studied with Joseph Johnson, former principal cellist of the Toronto Symphony, current cello professor at the Eastman School. For his dissertation, Alex researched the Feldenkrais Method (a somatic method of movement) and its ties to cello pedagogy.

​

Since starting the cello, Alex has been passionate about music. Winning the Minnesota Sinfonia’s Young Artist competition in 2009, Alex performed Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C with the orchestra at age fourteen. In 2011, during a six month stay in Spain, Alex studied with cellists Angel Garcia Jermann and Israel Fausto at the royal conservatories of Madrid and Seville respectively. Moving to Chicago in 2013, Alex received his Bachelor’s in cello performance from DePaul University, where he studied with Stephen Balderston. He went on to earn his Master’s of Music at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2020, where he studied with Uri Vardi, and was awarded a full scholarship position in the prestigious graduate Hunt String Quartet. 

​

​

​