About Alex  Hello! I'm a freelance singer specialising in vintage songs from the 30's to 50's, with accordion, guitar or jazz trio. We love Piaf, Trenet, Milva, Neapolitan songs, and Classical songs. I trained at the Royal Academy of Music and I now live in London with my bassoonist husband and our two rather noisy sons. Enjoy perusing, and if you have any questions or thoughts, or if you've found a great vintage song, please do drop me a line, I'd love to hear from you!
alex@alexandracarter.com
| News Given that any real chanteuse worth her salt must obviously include hours of lying on a chaise-longue eating grapes between performances, it has come to my attention recently that there appear to be twenty four hours in a day! Therefore, we are now able to offer special daytime rates for you and still be free for our lengthier and terribly chic soirées musicales! Diva Express delivers me singing solo, to your home, office or even to a romantic restaurant dinner for two, with 3 favourite songs you choose from my setlist, a greeting card, top notch champagne supplied by Angie's Flowers in Sydenham, 07957 197935. Please allow 24 hours for diva delivery, but in some circumstances I may be able help you on the day itself, so if you are really stuck and have only just realised it's your boss's birthday... try my mobile please and I'll do my utmost for you!
The fee is £100 for the songs, and £35 for the flowers or the champagne, or £70 for both. It won't break the bank, it doesn't take up much time or space; so that's all jolly handy for busy people. I have had a request for chocolate as another option for a spoiling extra; more on that soon... With a special Spring offer, Diva Express if you book before April this year, my performance fee will be £90. Perfect for birthdays, new babies, achievements, engagement parties, a quiet little anniversary together, retirement parties and treating someone special to a little bit of spoiling. If you're celebrating it, it's worth singing about! Minigigs If you are simply too tired to go out in the evening, or overworked and weary at work, apart from installing a chaise longue and a desert island in the office, you can enjoy a properly civilised lunch with your Minigigs! Minigigs provide you with half an hour of fabulous live jazz to chill out with during your lunch hour at work! I am accompanied by accordion, guitar or piano. Our fee is £100 per musician for this. A Plethora of Smashing Songs by London's Charming Chaps I am delighted to announce that Cath Haggo, splendid violinist currently resident at English National Opera, and Christian Vaughan, jazz pianist extraordinaire, to have agreed to collaborate on our evening! So you know Charlie Chaplin, and Noel Coward of course, but have you heard of Norman Long? Pianist, composer and entertainer, he lived right here in Sydenham. Thanks are already due to my lovely neighbours who first introduced me to his warm and funny songs, and to local historian Steve Grindlay who is expertly filling in the many gaps in our knowledge of Norman Long. The concert will be part of Sydenham Arts Festival 2012 and will take place at St Bart's Church, Sydenham on Friday 6th July. Tickets aren't on sale yet but please bear in mind those concerts sell out quickly.     Dr Had's Jazz takes place on World Animal Day, Thursday 4th October; with fine jazz animals Christian Vaughan on the keys and Dave Chamberlain on bass, wine and frivolity. Please put Thursday 4th October 2012 in your diary straight away and plan to come to a charity event that will be a lot of fun to attend! It is in support of research. The event is fundraising for the Dr Hadwen Trust. We need a Corporate Sponsor to put the event on and we also need a venue preferably in central London to accommodate about 300 people. I don't ask for much! Luckily, philanthropists and music lovers worldwide will be thrilled to find that I have just installed a Paypal Donation Button here, designed perfectly to accommodate all their noble and secret donations for Dr Had's Jazz, or indeed for other music projects, all of which shall be  Recent gigs... A Jazzy Christmas Tipple Alex & Serge played for
Bridge venue in November and December 2011. Have a look at testimonials...
Dulwich Picture Gallery Bicentenary Dinner 17th December Alex and Serge entertained at the black tie event with Opera arias and Neapolitan song.
Monte Carlo Cocktail- the CD is done! Italian, French, & jazz numbers, with Serge Pachnine on accordion, Dave
Chamberlain on bass, and Christian Vaughan on piano...
Lucky me! Turns out a Monte Carlo Cocktail is a variant of a
Manhattan, so I figured that covered every influence on the CD!
Now then, to try one of those cocktails out...  Chateau 22 Italian wine tasting night
at the East Dulwich Tavern-
11th & 12th November:
13th November:
Monte Carlo Cocktail Alex & Serge are at the bijou and very
atmospheric The Bar with No Name in Islington as part of
their Jazz Sundays series, so bring your je ne sais quoi and join us!
28th October
Dulwich Picture Gallery Italian Neapolitan and popular Italian songs
with Maurizio Minardi
24th September: birthday party 29th September: Beverage Standards Association Awards Ceremony 17th July: La Dolce Vita At The Dolphin Pub, 7:30pm on
Sydenham Arts Festival 2011 A night of Neapolitan and Popular Italian Songs to celebrate 150 years of Italian unification...
Jazz at The Grape and Grain, 26th June with Christian Vaughan- piano The Penge Summer Caribbean Event, Caffe Casbah Monday 20th June with Dave Chamberlain, kindly sponsored by Designer Drapes
St George the Martyr Lunchtime "Off the Rails!" Classical to Jazz with Dave Chamberlain on guitar
The Dragonfly Ball, Bromley Hits from the Blitz for Sydenham Dancentre 28th May, with Serge Pachnine
Private Engagement Party 29th May with Serge Pachnine Private Birthday Party 5th June, with Serge Pachnine The Eynesford Concert Band Big Band "To the Stars" 8th May bandleader John Hutchins
 Mine's a macchiato!Tentazioni Restaurant Italian Unification Dinner Inter-Parliamentary Group Wine Tasting, House of Commons Clerkenwell Vintage Fashion Fair |
