Alex Eastley is a Montreal-based bassoonist who performs in a wide range of styles, including classical, contemporary and free improvisation, contemporary and free improvisation. A graduate of McGill University and the Curtis Institute of Music, she was interim second bassoon of the Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal for the 2018/19 season and was previously principal bassoon of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra from 2007 to 2018. She has performed with orchestras around the world, including the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Hallé, Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, and the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne.
In the field of improvised music, Alex has performed with the London Improvisers Orchestra (UK), the Dutch Impro Academy in Amsterdam, Vitamin-S in Auckland, and at the Audio Foundation in Auckland. Alex taught at the Curtis Institute of Music's Young Artist Summer Program (YASP) from 2016 to 2020 and was on the faculty of the institution's inaugural "Curtis Mentor Network" program in 2020 and 2021. She has been a lecturer at the University of Manitoba and Memorial University (NL), and a member of the faculty at Brandon University (MB) from 2014 to 2018.
