Welcome
My name is Alixandra, but you can call me Alix if you'd like. I use she/her pronouns.
I work as a composer, sound designer, and theatre artist in Mohkinstsis (Calgary). I'm also an Instructor and Music Director at Rosebud Theatre & School Of The Arts.
I like to create, I love to laugh, and I am particularly fond of a well-made cappuccino.
About
Alixandra Cowman (she/her) is an award-winning sound designer, composer, music director and theatre artist who splits her time between Calgary and Rosebud, Alberta. She is constantly interested in discovering how music and sound can enhance, influence, and alter live storytelling.
Theatrical sound design credits include Blithe Spirit, The Importance Of Being Earnest (Theatre Calgary); Charlotte's Web (Alberta Theatre Projects); The Brothers Paranormal, Deadly Murder, Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson of #2B, Gaslight (Vertigo Theatre); The Dark Lady, All I Want For Christmas,The Pink Unicorn (Lunchbox Theatre); Magic Lies: An Evening With W.O. Mitchell, Grace & Glorie, and Lilia! (Rosebud Theatre). Alixandra's original musical written with playwright Cayley Wreggitt entitled Home For The Holidays received its world premiere at Lunchbox Theatre in December 2022. Home For The Holidays received 2 Betty Mitchell Awards for both Best Sound Design/Composition and Best Musical. She is currently in the midst of writing a horror-inspired folk musical set around Christmas with playwright Kodie Rollan entitled Little Elves, set to premiere in Fall 2026.
Alixandra is Head Of Music at Rosebud Theatre & School Of The Arts. There, she works as an Instructor in Chorale, vocal coaching, and songwriting; as a Music Director and Sound Designer during Rosebud Theatre's main season; and may even occasionally be seen strumming her guitar or banjo while patrons eat at the Rosebud Mercantile or enjoy a show at the Opera House! She also helps to organize 15 Minutes Of Fame, Rosebud's annual outdoor music festival.
As an actor, Alixandra loves working on shows that require their actors to play instruments on stage, and has performed as an actor/musician in shows like Charlotte's Web, Alberta Kitchen Party (Alberta Theatre Projects), Flibbertigibbet's Story Exhibit (Quest Theatre), Dream, Bright Star, Chickens, and Cotton Patch Gospel (Rosebud Theatre). Music directing credits include Botticelli In The Fire (Downstage Theatre), Home For The Holidays (Lunchbox Theatre), The Boy From Oz (Front Row Centre), Bare: A Pop Opera (Honest Collective), breathe (IGNITE!), and Wildwood Fire (Rosebud Theatre).
Alixandra can usually be found strumming some instrument or another in whatever beam of sunlight she can find, a cup of tea and her cat Clarence within arm's reach.
