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Alex had a fantastic time in residence at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke earlier in October where he worked with their percussion students and performed a joint recital with their percussion professor and music department chair, Dr. Joey Van Hassel.

Alex's entire catalog of steel band compositions and arrangements is now published and available through Wendeln Music Works. Check out the variety of tunes including several new original compositions!

Alex co-authored an article in the February 2024 issue of Percussive Notes, the Percussive Arts Society’s bi-monthly publication. This particular issue is devoted to diversity in percussion, and the article, titled “Beating the Divide,” stems from an open discussion held at the 2022 Percussive Arts Society International Convention by the Diversity Alliance’s Socioeconomic Subdivision, which … Continue reading Percussive Notes Article

The Missouri Chapter of the Percussive Arts Society has been selected as the 2023 Most Outstanding Chapter. Alex is incredibly proud to work alongside his colleagues in the leadership board to help make the Missouri Chapter an organization that continually strives to better serve students and educators and advocate for percussion education in the state. … Continue reading Percussive Arts Society Award

Alex is excited to announce that he has accepted a full-time position at Denison University in Granville, OH, where he will be teaching percussion and music theory, beginning Fall 2023. This presents a unique opportunity for him to continue doing what he loves and return to his home state of Ohio. Alex cannot wait to … Continue reading New Position at Denison University

Alex had a wonderful residency at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where he was invited as guest artist, composer, and arranger for the Milwaukee Mass Steel Band. He also gave a lecture and taught steel pan to music education students and led a separate masterclass for the percussion studio.

After months of planning (and two years of postponements due to COVID), Alex's coordination of the All-Collegiate Mass Steel Band for the Missouri Percussive Arts Festival came to fruition on April 9. Joined by special guest artist, Victor Provost, steel pan players from across the state and nearby Iowa closed out the festival with compositions … Continue reading 2022 Missouri All-Collegiate Mass Steel Band

On Thursday, November 11 Alex was featured at the first New Music/Research showcase concert for the 2021 Percussive Arts Society International Convention in Indianapolis, IN. The theme for the concert was "poetic percussion." He performed Rania Chrysostomou's Τίλλειν for an intimate percussionist. The piece calls for bongos, two wood blocks, and wind gong, the latter … Continue reading 2021 PASIC Performance

Alex stopped by Pete Zambito's podcast where he talked about his upcoming performance at the 2021 Percussive Arts Society International Convention among other topics. Check out the episode below or any way you get your podcasts. https://soundcloud.com/user-229717478/petes-percussion-podcast-episode-269-alexandros-fragiskatos-2021

On October 19th Alex presented a masterclass to the percussion studio at the University of Missouri in Columbia, MO. There he talked with students about music for percussion and voice, previewed his upcoming 2021 PASIC performance of Rania Chrysostomou's Τίλλειν, and worked with a graduate student on a marimba solo for his upcoming recital.