The 2023-24 academic year marks Dr. Cory Alexander's second year as Director of Choral Activities at St. Petersburg College.  He holds the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral conducting with vocal performance cognate from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, the Master of Music degree in choral conducting from the University of Florida in Gainesville, and the Bachelor of Arts degree in vocal music education from Central College in Pella, Iowa.

A former finalist for the American Prize in choral conducting, Dr. Alexander has conducted numerous high school, university, church, and community choral ensembles, and receives frequent invitations to appear as a guest conductor, clinician and adjudicator.  He has prepared choirs for performances with orchestras in the U.S. and abroad, including the Central Florida, Greensboro (NC), and Midland-Odessa (TX) Symphony Orchestras, and served as Chorusmaster for the Greensboro Opera.  Choirs under Dr. Alexander’s direction have made several demonstration recordings for Hinshaw and Walton Music.  

Dr. Alexander's spent eight years as Associate Director of Choral Activities at the University of Florida in Gainesville. His other past positions include Interim Assistant Conductor of the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, Music Director at First Congregtional UCC (Ocala, FL), Assistant Conductor of the Gainesville Master Chorale, Director of Choral Activities at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin (Odessa, TX), Music Director of the Allegro Chorale and Orchestra (Midland, TX), and Director of Choral Activities at the College of Central Florida (Ocala). Dr. Alexander has held leadership positions in the Florida chapter of the American Choral Directors Association. 

Dr. Alexander has been active in choral and vocal music throughout his life and has sung under several notable conductors, including Robert Shaw.  He continues to sing professionally as a baritone soloist and choir member and has appeared as a soloist with the Central Florida Symphony Orchestra, Central Florida Master Choir, UNCG Opera Theatre, Bel Canto Company (Greensboro, NC), and Musica Sacra (Midland, TX).  Dr. Alexander lives in Largo with his wife Bethany, daughter Emma, and yellow lab Arrow.