Mrs. Alex Reiff

Alex Reiff is a violinist and music educator who grew up in Abilene, Texas. There, she attended Hardin-Simmons University and received the Bachelor of Arts degree in Music and Business. Alex started her professional career with Abilene ISD at Clack Middle School where she served as the Head Orchestra Director and Fine Arts Chair.

As an international performance artist, she has played with groups such as Barrage, Kansas, the Tokens Radio Show (on NPR), The Gettys, and Revolution Strings, touring here in the USA as well as China. Her major work credits include musicals and operas such as Parade (2012), Bonnie and Clyde (2014), Sweeny Todd (2014), Quilters (2016), Cosi fan Tutte (2018), Big Fish (2019) and Oklahoma (2020). She also regularly plays for many local churches.

Alex believes in the pursuit of excellence, and she has a passion for teaching students, middle-schoolers especially. She believes that everyone has unrealized potential and that everyone can benefit from the discipline that the pursuit of excellence in music demands.