Alex Samaras
Alex Samaras is a singing artist. His output as a performer and recording artist span every genre and style. Alex leads his own band, Tryal, and has released two records since 2017. Alex sings with the Queer Songbook Orchestra and has toured the EU/UK with Beverley Glenn Copeland.
Alex is an active member in the Toronto theatre and dance community. He has premiered new operas and created roles in new musicals. In summer 2022 he will be performing Claude Vivier’s Musik für das Ende and Love Songs in Berlin and London. He has worked as a composer and vocal collaborator with choreographers including Susie Burpee, Meredith Thompson and with Ame Henderson and Christopher House at the Toronto Dance Theatre.
Alex has taught at the University of Toronto Jazz Department, Humber College, Jazz Works Music Camp and National Music Camp, where he directs a chorus of 250 hundred high school students. He is also the founder of the PAL Chorale, a community choir for seniors at the Performing Artists Lodge in Toronto
