Composer, viola player, ceilidh musician and music teacher.
Alexis studied music, literature and history at the University of Edinburgh and then screen composition at the Royal College of Music. He will be studying baroque viola with Jane Rogers at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in 2008-9.
Broadcast on Radio 3, Channel 4 and TCM.
A member of the Thames String Quartet, Alexis also sings for the choir of Christ Church, Chelsea.
He is a familiar face on the ceilidh scene in London, playing and calling on a freelance basis after five years with a successful group and currently forming a new band.
Alexis also recently formed The Early Music Experiment, a collective of baroque musicians who also like messing around with laptops.
See the trailer for Alexis's most recent project here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7xR40xTu7I
For more information please visit:
www.alexisbennett.co.uk
www.thamesquartet.com
