A native of Ottawa, Ontario, mezzo-soprano Kristina Alexander completed her Bachelor of Music in Voice performance at the University of Lethbridge (AB), a Masters in Voice Performance at the University of Ottawa studying with renowned mezzo-soprano, Sandra Graham, and an Advanced Certificate in Performance from the University of Toronto. She recently completed Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice Performance at the University of Toronto studying with Daniel Taylor.

            Kristina has been able to work under some of our countries finest choral conductors as she has performed with the National Youth Choir of Canada (2008, 2010), Carnegie Hall Festival Chorus (2012), Opera Chorus Canada (2015-16), and the JUNO- nominated Canadian Chamber Choir and JUNO-nominated Theatre of Early Music with Daniel Taylor. A versatile performer, Kristina has had the opportunity to perform roles including Third Lady in Die Zauberflöte with the Opera Musica Orchestra, The Neighbour in Stravinsky’s Mavra, and the Sorceress in Purcell’s Dido and Aeneaus with both the Theatre of Early Music and Taflemusik Summer Baroque Institute, as well as Musical Theatre Review concerts with orchestra performing the repertoire of Fantine (Les Miserables) and Carlotta (Phantom of the Opera). Kristina has been a chorus member with both Opera Lyra Ottawa and the Canadian Opera Company. Kristina has also been featured as the alto soloist in Mozart’s Coronation Mass with the Alberta Baroque Ensemble at the Winspear Centre in Edmonton and was also selected for residency at the International Performing Arts Institute in Bavaria, Germany, as a Teaching Fellow in 2018.
 
               From 2016 to 2023, Kristina was on faculty Northwestern Polytechnic (formerly Grande Prairie Regional College), teaching both voice and directing the NWP College Choir. Starting in the fall of 2024, she will begin her full-time appointment as Assistant Professor of Voice at the University of Regina. 

Kristina strives to continue growing as a performer, conductor, and educator.