Meet the Team: Alexandra Berney, Specialist, Community and Sponsorship Development

Meet Alexandra Berney

A lifelong London musician, Alexandra Berney has spent the last few years writing, recording, and touring across Ontario with bands ranging from alternative rock to indie folk, country to disco. 

When not performing, her career as a customer service and arts administration professional saw her leading Professional Development departments, initiating Tech Mentor programs, and overseeing the training and booking of a roster of 80+ artists across Canada. Her many years on the LAC roster and jury have made her jump from the stage to behind the desk feel like a very natural progression.

Ask Me Anything - with Alexandra Berney

What is your artistic background?

In addition to my music, I’m also a poet, writer, and actress. My poems/lyrics have been published in journals including Withintensions, Petal Projections, and London’s own Wordsfest Zine. Songwriting is often an extension of my love for words as much as my feel for melody. I’m a singer and multi-instrumentalist mainly splitting my time between guitar, piano, and, my favourite, my vibraphone. I’m lucky to have a wide variety of genres in and at my fingertips, both my own musical inclinations and my catalogue of collaborators. I grew up with a love for theatre and my last performance of note was as part of the London Fringe Festival in a friend and collaborator’s award-winning play, Rehabilitating Richard.  

Do you have any skills or talents that most people don’t know about?

I often surprise people with my skills on the hill and in the pool – just two different ways of moving through water, skiing and swimming.

Name some favourite films/albums/work of arts/pieces of literature:

My favourite novel is Anne Michaels’ Fugitive Pieces.  I adore excess in art: Impressionist flowers, Romantic poetry, Norman Jewison’s Moonstruck…  

What are you happiest doing, when you’re not working?

Cooking and eating to a great soundtrack – perhaps Boz Scaggs’ Silk Degrees or Hozier’s Wasteland, Baby! I document some of my culinary journeys @alusciouslife.

Who is someone you admire and why?

Big Joni Mitchell fangirl. I’ve dressed up as the cover of ‘Hejira’ for more than one Halloween.