Alexis Cole

From 2002 to 2005 she traveled extensively in Europe, busking and hitchhiking, and participating annually in the Montreux Jazz Festival Vocal Competition which she eventually became the runner up.

In May 2020, amidst social distancing due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, she founded an online educational website to connect vocalists and students for virtual learning opportunities.

Some of the singers teaching on the site include Karrin Allyson, Tierney Sutton, Cyrille Aimée, Kate McGarry, Jane Monheit, John Proulx, Jay Clayton, Dena DeRose and Catherine Russell.

In April 2021 along with Zeiders American Dream Theater www.thez.org, she co produced the first annual Virginia Beach Vocal Jazz Summit www.vocaljazzsummit.org Now occurring in person and virtually every first weekend of June, notable past performers include Samara Joy, Kurt Elling, Jane Monheit and Catherine Russell In November 2021 she released Sky Blossom: Songs From My Tour of Duty, a Big Band album composed of the arrangements by Scott Arcangel that were written for her during her time in the West Point Band.

In May 2023 she resigned from her teaching positions at SUNY Purchase College and William Paterson University to work on a new enterprise, a website to help emerging musicians find long and mid term performing jobs.