Three great musician/teachers in 2015! COME TO Oakland Feather River Camp MUSIC WEEK!
COME TO OFRC MUSIC WEEK! July 5-12, 2015 All ages are welcome to explore ensemble playing on a variety of instruments (bring what you have!). A few guitars and ukeleles, a piano and some percussion instruments will be available. We will also offer accompaniment for singers. There will be karaoke for over-the-top fun as well as...
Now booking my new live latin band, BOCA MUNDIAL!
BOCA MUNDIAL, the San Francisco Bay Area’s live latin jazz samba salsa bolero band Add a touch of the “flamboyantly multilingual” (San Jose Mercury News) to your next event with BOCA MUNDIAL starring Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Alexa Weber Morales! Every BOCA MUNDIAL live band show mixes a delicious variety of international musical flavors and extras for a memorable...
We Believe the Children Are the Future: Pacific Mambo Orchestra plays Fox Theater for a good cause January 10, 2015
http://foxrwc.showare.com/eventperformances.asp?evt=52 Who: Pacific Mambo Orchestra Where: The Fox Theater Redwood City When: Saturday, January 10, 2015, 7:30 pm Why: to benefit 5000+ elementary students in the “Music for Learning” program The surprise winner of the 2014 Grammy for Best Tropical Latin Album and San Francisco “Best of the Bay” Favorite PACIFIC MAMBO ORCHESTRA infuses the classic...
My new book, Practice Secrets of the Pros, is now available on Amazon!
Now available on Amazon! Practice Secrets of the Pros: Motivation, Method and Memory for Musicians… and Other Athletes by Alexa Weber Morales Kindle edition In 2010, Grammy-nominated latin jazz singer-songwriter Alexa Weber Morales began a quest for pragmatic, inspiring advice about musical mastery. She interviewed experts, researched the techniques of memory champions and dove into...
Story Passage interviews Alexa Morales on why musicians shouldn’t ignore Soundcloud!
Corey Fischer recently wrote an article on Story Passage that grew out of his experiences with the online community SoundCloud, which is where he’s been sharing songs, spoken-word pieces and digital compositions. Among others, he interviewed me about my SoundCloud profile and postings. With his permission, I decided to post our complete interview here, but...
You don’t have be a freak to master music! Q&A with mastery expert K. Anders Ericsson (from my new book!)
Since the release of my album I Wanna Work For You, I’ve been writing a book about practicing. More specifically, I wondered how I could finally get better at things that had eluded me despite a lifetime of effort. Were there keys to motivation, method or memory that the virtuosos knew? After much research, I...
This is it! On tour with Pacific Mambo
October 23, 2013. So I want to establish a habit while on the road of documenting everything, or at least journaling, something I do rarely. I’m in a plane looking out at an oak-dappled and lake-dotted Northern California landscape… we’ve passed Sacramento… ooh there’s a super tall white bridge over a river. I love looking...
Great review in SF Bay Times
Thanks to Shelley MacKay for this great review of my last gig with Azucar! Tonight, don’t miss a rare chance to hear this uplifting all-women band! We play 8 PM at Rhythmix Cultural Works, 2513 Blanding Avenue, Alameda, CA – (510) 865-5060! Azucar! I was first introduced to Alexa as an artist when I...
Pacific Mambo Orchestra @ SFJAZZ – El Cantante – Alexa Weber Morales LIVE
Live performance by Pacific Mambo Orchestra of El Cantante, arranged by Mike Rinta and sung by Alexa Weber Morales, at SFJAZZ on June 15, 2013. Photo credits: Bill Evans Photography Benny Torres – http://www.bennytorres.com/ Henry Hung – http://www.henryhungmusic.com Alexa Weber Morales – http://www.alexajazz.com Music credits Christian Tumalan – http://www.tumalanmusic.com Steffen Kuehn – http://www.steffenkuehn.com Pacific...
Alexa plays Kaiser Center Rooftop Garden Series June 28!
With Christian Tumalan, piano Braulio Barrera, percussion/vocals Colin Douglas, drumset Abe Gumroyan, bass Alexa Weber Morales, percussion/vocals Friday, June 28, Noon-1 pm 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA 94612 Kaiserroofgarden.com FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Produced by Entire Productions Presented by SCO, The Swig Company
