Alexander Zickafoose is the Co-Chair of Music, specializing in Modern Band and Choir. Previously, he was an educator with Spotlight Theatre Productions, Directing and Supervising Music with the Elementary, Middle and High School groups, as well as the Broadway Show Troupe. Winning accolades such as Outstanding Production and Outstanding Music and Ensemble at the Junior Theatre Festival in Atlanta, as well as Best Performing Arts School at Access Broadway in Orlando for three years in a row. He has provided music direction in musicals, including James and the Giant Peach Jr., Shrek Jr., Little Mermaid Jr. and Once on This Island Jr. He has also served as tenor section leader of the Key Chorale of Sarasota. He currently teaches the middle school show choir of Rise Above Performing Arts and serves as a performer for the Chancel Choir at First United Methodist Church in Downtown Sarasota. He has performed many theatrical roles all over the community, including Jonathan Larson in Tick Tick Boom (Directed by Sunny Smith) and Mendel in Falsettos (Directed by Scott Keys), both at Sarasota Players, Nick Bottom in Something Rotten, the title role in Pippin, as well as Finch in How to Succeed at Business without Really Trying at the Manatee Performing Arts Center, and Jamie in The Last Five Years at Venice Theatre. Most recently he has performed in The Ballad of Old Manatee with the Theatre Collective.

“I believe music is more than a singular discipline, it is a vast art form, because it enhances other pieces of art; a film scoret, ambiance in an art gallery, a Broadway musical. I encourage young musicians to embrace diversifying their constantly changing music tastes. Reflecting on music from the past as they prepare for a future in the music industry. My favorite thing about teaching is seeing young people grow as musicians and as human beings. Music can change the world because it can change people. That’s what I strive for my students.”