Alex Patterson is a Northern Irish-born composer and conductor based in Nottingham. He is Director of Music at Nottingham Cathedral and conducts many community groups in the region:
 
Alex studied at the University of Nottingham and later at Birmingham Conservatoire specialising in composition and opera. Since graduating seven years ago, Alex has developed a wealth of experience as a choral animateur, particularly for community and youth music-making, and leads singing workshops across the East Midlands with people of all ages and abilities. He has also conducted a range of major works including J. S. Bach's Mass in B Minor, Monteverdi's Vespers​, Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, Britten’s Noye’s Fludde, both Duruflé’s and Fauré’s Requiem, and the musical thriller Sweeney Todd by Stephen Sondheim.
 
Between his various conducting duties and also working for Arts Council England, Alex is a freelance composer. He has written a wealth of choral music which has been performed all over the world, broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and published by Banks Music Publications and composed music for a range of organisations from Music for Everyone to Streetwise Opera. He is also a trustee for the Binns Organ Trust and Finzi Trust.