Music

Piano

Alexandra B.

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Teaches online

Teaches Beginner, Intermediate

Age: 5+

Speaks English, Spanish

Teaching since 2007

M.F.A. in Music Composition for the Screen

About Alexandra B.

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Alexandra (Alexa) Borden is a composer with a masters degree in Music Composition for the Screen (film, television, and video games). She has played piano since age 5 and has an extensive vocal and choral background. While studying music composition in undergrad at Berklee College of Music and Moravian College, she also studied music education and has experience teaching in and out of the classroom. Alexa encourages her students to choose the material they want to learn so that they are actively involved with deciding their musical path, while she acts as a guide and teaches technique through their choices. She finds this helps keep students engaged and having fun while they learn their desired style on any instrument, be it pop, classical, rock, folk, theater, etc. Alexa is available to teach composition (theory, film scoring, and tech), voice, piano, beginner's guitar, and more from her studio or online (check with her to see if she is available to teach at your home).

Instructor details

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Location:

Teaches Online

Teaching Hours

Monday

10 AM-8 PM

Tuesday

10 AM-8 PM

Wednesday

10 AM-8 PM

Thursday

10 AM-8 PM

Friday

10 AM-4 PM

Saturday

10 AM-4 PM

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Pricing

30 minutes

$30

45 minutes

$45

60 minutes

$60

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4 Reviews

Daniel

Online

I began taking lessons for film music composition with Alexa in 2021. I was previously into songwriting but wanted to get into cinematic scoring. She’s taught me so much about reading a film, using Logic (my DAW) and plugins, mixing, and the composition process and how the industry works. It’s been like taking a college film composition class but without all the student debt! Her lessons and assignments are really helpful and I feel like I’ve genuinely grown as a composer to the point where I’m ready to start applying for film composition gigs.

Posted Jan 12, 2022

Daniel

Online

Great teacher! Lesson plans are meticulously laid out in a way that never feels overwhelming. I had so many questions when I first started. Alexa was incredibly receptive and thoughtful in her answers in a way that didn't make me more confused than when I started. I definitely feel like I am much more capable of using the software required for my projects. That to me was the biggest hurdle and what we worked on the most. I never feel like if I'm not understanding a topic I'm going to be expected to catch up on my own-- everything is tailored to my speed. By far some of the best lessons I've had through the many instruments that I've learned.

Posted Jan 12, 2022

Mike

Teacher's studio

Review was supposed to be about piano, although it wouldn't surprise me she knew origami as well!

Posted Oct 18, 2016

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Experience

Composer (Film, Theater, Video Game/Interactive)

Aug, 2011 - Present

Alexa Borden Music

Alexa is an award-winning composer who has contributed music to over 40 productions, including short and feature films, video games, and staged musicals. She attended both Berklee College of Music and Moravian University (Founders Scholarship recipient) for her BM in Music Composition (with a focus on music education) and holds an MFA in Music Composition for the Screen from Columbia College Chicago (Graduate Merit Scholarship recipient). Alexa has interned with John Powell and assisted Hollywood composers such as Germaine Franco and Mike Barnett. She has written in numerous styles and genres, utilizing her versatility as a composer in order to enhance her many film scores.

Education

Film Scoring

Aug, 2009 - May, 2010

Berklee College of Music

M.F.A. in Music Composition for the Screen

Sep, 2014 - Jul, 2016

Columbia College Chicago

B.M. in Music Composition

Sep, 2010 - May, 2013

Moravian College

Awards

Founders Scholarship

Aug, 2010

Moravian University

Best Score - She Had It Coming

May, 2021

Die Laughing Film Festival

Graduate Merit Award Scholarship

Aug, 2014

Columbia College Chicago

Excellence in Film Music Composition

Apr, 2013

Moravian University

Affiliations

Delta Omicron

Mar, 2012

Delta Omicron is a co-ed international professional music honors fraternity whose mission is to promote and support excellence in music and musicianship.

Society of Composers and Lyricists

Feb, 2018

The Society Of Composers & Lyricists is an organization consisting of Hollywood's professional motion picture, Television, and multimedia music composers, songwriters and lyricists, with histories in the art of scoring for motion pictures and television. Many of its members have won or been nominated for Oscars, Emmys and Grammy Awards.

Alliance for Women Film Composer

Feb, 2017

Through advocacy, support and education, the Alliance for Women Film Composers aims to increase the visibility of women composers active in media scoring. The AFWC advocates for the inclusion of women composers within industry events; supports filmmakers, game developers and studios in their inclusion of women composers; and educates, mentors and inspires emerging women composers.

American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers

Mar, 2013

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) is a membership association of more than 480,000 US composers, songwriters, lyricists and music publishers. The ASCAP is committed to nurturing music makers throughout their careers.