1.
Alec M. Davis
3003 Dunmore Rd
Dundalk, MD 21222
(571) 276­6384
Pianobyme@gmail.com ­ www.Pianobyme.com
SUMMARY
Dedicated music professional with extensive experience in and passion for both Sacred and
secular music performance, instruction, collaboration, and appreciation.
QUALIFICATIONS
● ­Training and experience as a sight­reader of piano/organ accompaniment, open
choral/orchestral score, and lead sheet/figured­bass notation.
● ­Experience as an accompanist of community, collegiate, and professional choruses, as well as
solo vocalists, instrumentalists, and collaborative ensembles for rehearsals, performances,
auditions, and studio recordings.
● ­A respect for professional communication and experience utilizing and making efficient
improvement to office productivity through Microsoft Word, Excel, Access, and Outlook.
● ­A sense of non­complacency combined with patience, respect, and a passion for seeing
progress, from working with diversely aged and experienced musicians, administrators, and
coworkers, in both personal and group settings.
● ­The technique necessary to steer young and experienced musicians alike towards a greater
sense of musicality, having taken private lessons in piano, voice, composition, conducting, and
organ, and having taught piano, voice, and music theory.
● ­Experience as a commissioned composer of both sacred and secular music.
WORK EXPERIENCE
March 2013 ­ Present
Director of Music / Organist
Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic Church
Baltimore, MD
Serve as sole administrator for the music department. Program music for 3 weekend Liturgies and for
Holidays and Days of Obligation. Create and publish 6 seasonal liturgical aids and programs for 16
yearly solemn celebrations. Manage hiring of subcontractors, professional cantors, and instrumentalists.
Manage Adult Choir, Children’s Choir, and cantors, including scheduling, rehearsal, and direction. Serve
as principal organist. Serve as Liaison to OLMC Schools Music Department.
● 2013­2014: Director of Choirs at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Schools (2nd ­ 12th grades).
2005 ­ Current
Owner­Operator / Teacher
Davis Music Studios
Washington, DC ­ Baltimore, MD
Freelance work as private music teacher, performance coach, accompanist, conductor, solo and
collaborative performer, composer, copyist, arranger, and sound technician. Responsible for developing
policies, balancing schedules, managing accounting information, and maintaining website.
● Private teacher of over 25 students of piano, voice, and theory.
● Contributing copyist for Dennis Giacino’s “Disenchanted: Bitches of the Kingdom” and copyist
and editor for the works of composer Diana Mand.
● Sound Technician for Eleven Twelve Ten Productions.
● Collaborative Pianist with Great Noise Ensemble, Trinity Chamber Orchestra, HexaCollective,
and Montgomery Symphony; with performances at Kennedy Center, Harris Theater, Library of
Congress, National Gallery of Art (DC), Museum of Natural History (NYC), and others.
● Music Director, Rehearsal Pianist, Accompanist for Baltimore County, Howard County, and
Montgomery County Schools, as well as BCCC and Towson University.
● Organist and Singer at St. Francis of Assisi (MD) and St. Peter’s on Capitol Hill (DC).

2.
Alec M. Davis
3003 Dunmore Rd
Dundalk, MD 21222
(571) 276­6384
Pianobyme@gmail.com ­ www.Pianobyme.com
September 2012 ­ Present
Rehearsal and Performance Pianist / Organist
Thomas Circle Singers
Washington, DC
Prepare repertoire from 4 annual performances for weekly rehearsal, including piano/organ
accompaniment, chamber orchestral scores, and condensed or open choral score. Perform as piano
and organ accompanist for these performances as well as additional miscellaneous performances
throughout Washington, DC.
2007 ­ 2012 / 2010 ­ 2012
Cantor and Chorister of the Basilica / Assistant to
the Director of Liturgy
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the
Immaculate Conception
Washington, DC,
Prepare, rehearse, and perform for weekly solemn liturgies in all pro choir. Cantor for Liturgies in both
english and spanish, some of which were internationally televised via EWTN. Participate in seasonal
recording sessions, local and international festivals, and performances for dignitaries.
● (2008) Performance for Solemn Vespers with Pope Benedict XVI
● (2008) Participation in the Festival Internationale di Musica e Arte Sacra in Rome including
performances at St. Mary Major and St. Peter’s Basilicas.
● (2010) The choir premiered a work by James Macmillan as part of the 2010 AGO convention.
Manage training and scheduling of over 280 Liturgical volunteers for weekly and monthly schedules.
Manage scheduling of over 60 priests for 42 Masses and 35 hours of confession per week. Assist in
planning of special events and Pilgrimages, and serve as assistant or principle Master of Ceremonies for
those and other events. Other responsibilities included composition of daily General Intercessions,
recording minutes, processing payroll, overseeing weekday Liturgies, managing phones and email.
● Developed, presented to management, and implemented more efficient standard operating
procedures for the production of the weekly and monthly schedules, the tabulation of the payroll,
the composition of the General Intercessions, as well as the minute­taking for the bi­annual
subcommittee meetings. Time, postage, and paper materials used in these activities was
consequently reduced.
2007 ­ 2010
Rehearsal Pianist, Music Direction Intern, Assistant Music Director
Summer Dinner Theater
Rockville, MD
Rehearse and prepare chorus and soloists for music theater productions including "Ragtime," "Evita,"
"Beauty and the Beast," and "Crazy for You." Performed as orchestral pianist, and was assistant
conductor for "Beauty and the Beast."
EDUCATION
2010 The Catholic University of America
Bachelor of Music ­ Piano Performance
Washington, DC