ALEX STRACHAN
featured in Nikolaus Umar Durr's Legend: Concerto for Horn and Orchestra
OCO 2024-2025 Season Finale Concert - April 27, 2025
Alex Strachan has been making music since he was 4, first on the violin and later, his life-long love, the horn. While at Johns Hopkins, he studied with Larry Williams of the Peabody Institute.  Since moving to San Francisco and meeting his wife he's returned to organized music and been with the Oakland Civic Orchestra since 2017.

Other ensembles Alex has performed with include Opus Oakland, Oakland Brass, The San Francisco Philharmonic, The San Francisco Civic M2M, Awesöme Orchestra, The Palo Alto Philharmonic, The Symphony of the Potomac, The Peabody Wind Ensemble, and The Hopkins Symphony Orchestra & Wind Ensemble.

Alex is also a designer and maker of horn mouthpieces. Customers include players in the Met Opera, Hollywood movies, Broadway musicals, and the Detroit, Atlanta, Nashville, and Dallas symphonies.

​Alex also conducts the Sunset Community band bringing music to the Sunset neighborhood in San Francisco. Outside of music, he enjoys exploring the food scene with his wife and hanging out with his overly enthusiastic husky mix.

Click the link below to listen to an interview with Alex in 2020.