ALEX 
MATTERSON
IS
A 
COMPOSER, 
IMPROVISER, 
AND 
PERFORMER 
CURRENTLY 
BASED 
IN 
VICTORIA 
BC, 
CANADA. 
SHE 
HAS 
EXPERIENCE 
IN 
MANY 
GENRES 
FROM 
JAZZ 
TO 
POP, 
TO 
WESTERN 
ART 
MUSIC. 
HER 
MUSIC 
SEEKS 
TO 
EXPRESS 
AN 
IMAGE 
OF 
A 
MONOLITHIC 
STRUCTURE, 
WHICH 
UP 
CLOSE 
IS 
FULL 
OF 
SMALL 
DETAILS, 
BUT 
FROM 
FURTHER 
AWAY, 
BLENDS 
INTO 
ONE 
UNIFORM 
STRUCTURE. 
HER 
MUSIC 
HAS 
ALSO 
BEEN 
DESCRIBED 
AS 
BEING 
LIKE 
“A 
BIRD 
ON 
AN 
OIL 
TANKER”. 
SHE 
HAS 
COMPLETED 
A 
BACHELOR'S 
DEGREE 
IN 
COMPOSITION 
AND 
MUSIC 
THEORY, 
WHERE 
SHE 
HAS 
STUDIED 
WITH 
CHRISTOPHER 
BUTTERFIELD, 
DR. 
ANTHONY 
TAN, 
DR. 
TAYLOR 
BROOK, 
AJTONY 
CSABA,
AND
WOLF 
EDWARDS
.