Patrick McAlexander is a lifelong musician and barbershopper. He grew up in Indianapolis, IN, where he started playing piano at age 5 and joined Circle City Sound chorus at age 7. Since then, his love for music has only grown.
Patrick has sung with and served in musical leadership for several choruses over the years, most notably serving as assistant director and section leader for the Music City Chorus and singing with them as they won the Barbershop Harmony Society’s 2022 International Chorus Contest. He has also enjoyed great success with several quartets over the years, with one district quartet championship, two Next Generation Quartet medals, and six international quartet contest appearances on his résumé. Patrick is a certified Musicality Judge in the Barbershop Harmony Society and a sought-after arranger of barbershop music, having arranged for several international champions and groups of all kinds of voice configurations. He has been a part of Space City Sound since 2021.
Patrick holds a B.A. in Mathematics from Vanderbilt University, where he also minored in Music and Computer Science.
In addition to directing Space City Sound, Patrick currently serves as Musical Director of The Houston Tidelanders and sings tenor in Panda Ring. Outside of music, his passions are his wife Sarah, spending time with friends, competitive reality TV, and fantasy sports.
Drew is the Interim Director and voice specialist for Space City Sound and has been with the chorus since its inception. He has been involved in music and theatre since a very young age and continues to perform as well as maintain a private vocal studio in the Houston area. Drew holds a Bachelor of Arts in Musical Theatre from Sam Houston State University and a Master of Music in Vocal Performance from New York University.
Drew’s barbershop career began with The Houston Tidelanders in 2013 and has included performances with other choruses of the Barbershop Harmony Society including The Vocal Majority Chorus in Dallas. He is also an accomplished quartet singer, most recently singing with his quartet, Rhapsody, as the Lead. Rhapsody is the Southwestern District’s 2019 Quartet Champion and went on to International in Salt Lake City where they placed 21st in the world, earning the Barbershop Harmony Society’s Dealer’s Choice Award.
In his time outside of music Drew enjoys spending time at home with his husband Andrew and their two dogs. He enjoys spending time with his friends exploring Houston and finding new ways to bring music to the area.