Alexandra Mackenzie, (www.alexandramackenzie.co.uk) is internationally recognised as an outstanding performer and educator. After obtaining First Class honours from the Royal Academy of Music and Manhattan School of Music she spent eight years in New York. Her extraordinary range as a performer is demonstrated by her work with the legendary S.E.M. Ensemble; playing with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra; touring with a ragtime band; recording for Quincy Jones, Michael Jackson and the Wu Tang Clan. She has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Weill Hall and Alice Tully and played concerts in 43 of America's 50 States. She has been a guest artist at the Banff Centre for the Arts, a Fellow at Tanglewood, and has participated in chamber music festivals across the globe. Live radio broadcasts include Radio 3, Classic FM, NPR and German National Radio. Alexandra has played with the English Chamber Orchestra for over a decade and is in frequent demand as a guest principal with orchestras across the UK. She has always been a champion of lesser-known and contemporary repertoire and her recent CD (‘Beyond Twilight’), of unknown works by female composers, debuted at no.18 in the classical charts, garnered 4 stars in ‘The Scotsman’ and was voted CD of the year in the Yorkshire Post. Alexandra teaches at the junior department of the Royal Academy of music and was elected an ARAM in 2011.