CYNTHIA ALEXANDER

Cynthia Alexander
Cynthia Alexander
Birth name	Cynthia Veronica Ayala
Born	1971 (age 52–53)
Origin	Philippines
Genres	World music
Occupation(s)	musical performer, singer-songwriter, recording artist, Art of Living teacher, visual artist
Instrument(s)	vocals, acoustic guitar, bass guitar, keyboards, agong, percussion
Website	www.cynthialexander.com

Cynthia Alexander^[1]^[2] (b. Cynthia Veronica Ayala, 1971) is a singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist originally from the Philippines. She has performed on local^[3]^[4]^[5] and international stages including the Rainforest World Music Festival^[6] in Malaysia, the Jack Daniel's World Music Tour^[7]^[8] in Singapore and the Southeast Asian Night Market Festival in New Zealand. She also played gongs and electric bass in foreign engagements ( India, U.S., Japan, Canada) with Joey Ayala at ang Bagong Lumad.

As an indie artist, she has released four albums, and is involved in a wide variety of music projects. She composed the eclectic musical score for the Ballet Philippines production, "Wagas",^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12] for which she fused electronic, industrial, indigenous, contemporary and pop elements into a cohesive work.

Cynthia is also a self-taught visual artist. She currently resides in Seattle, Washington.^[13] She is the sibling of folk-rock singer-songwriter Joey Ayala.

Recordings

This is a listing of her solo and collaboration albums. She has collaborated many times with her brother, Joey Ayala.

Year	Album	Artist/Group	Genre	Label	Catalogue No.
1991	Hayp	Hayp	Rock	Wea Records / Universal Records	CDP-94,611
1996	Insomnia & Other Lullabyes	Cynthia Alexander	Rock, Folk, World, & Country	Dypro Records	CD-DYP 86/257-2 / ASIN:B01HV0G95Q
2000	Rippingyarns^[14]	Cynthia Alexander			ASIN:B01DAKBSBQ
2003	Remix
2004	Sita & Rama: Papet Ramayana (Mga Awit)^[15]	Teatrong Mulat	Theatrical soundtrack
2005	Comet's Tail^[16]	Cynthia Alexander			ASIN:B01DHI2K22
2005	Mga Awit ng Magdaragat	Joey Ayala		Universal Records	ASIN:B016V5Y9BS
2008	Pasasalamat
2009	Walk Down the Road^[17]^[18]	Cynthia Alexander	Rock, Folk, World, & Country		Matrix / Runout: 9050701
2010	Palay, Bigas, Kanin^[19]^[20]	Joey Ayala
2011	HUMANFOLK	Humanfolk^[21]	World music	MCA Music (Philippines)	UPC:00600753330432
2018	Even Such Is Time^[22]^[23]^[24]	Cynthia Alexander		Tacoma	ASIN:B07VD18GYW

Awards and nominations

Year	Award Giving Body	Category	Nominated Work	Results
1989	Yamaha Band Explosion National Finals^[25]		Hayp	Won
1989	1989 World Band Explosion^[25]	Best Bass Player	Hayp	Won
1998	Katha Music Awards	Album of the Year^[26]	Insomnia & Other Lullabyes	Nominated
1998	Katha Music Awards	Record of the Year^[26]	Hello Baby	Nominated
1998	Katha Music Awards	Best Alternative Music Vocal Performance^[26]	Comfort in Your Strangeness	Nominated
1998	Katha Music Awards	Best Alternative Music Vocal Performance^[26]	Hello Baby	Nominated
1998	Katha Music Awards	Best Alternative Music Vocal Performance^[26]	Malaya	Nominated
1998	Katha Music Awards	Best Alternative Music Vocal Performance^[26]	Slippin' Away	Nominated
1998	Katha Music Awards	Best Alternative Music Song^[26]	Comfort in Your Strangeness	Nominated
1998	Katha Music Awards	Best Alternative Music Song^[26]	Hello Baby	Nominated
1998	Katha Music Awards	Best Alternative Music Song^[26]	Slippin' Away	Nominated
1998	Katha Music Awards	Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals^[26]	Hello Baby	Nominated
1998	Katha Music Awards	Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals^[26]	Insomnia	Nominated
1998	Katha Music Awards	Best Instrumental Arrangement with Accompanying Vocals^[26]	Malaya	Nominated
1998	Katha Music Awards	Producer of the Year (shared with Maly Angres)^[26]	—	Nominated
1998	Katha Music Awards	Best Alternative Music Album^[27]	Insomnia & Other Lullabyes	Won
1998	Katha Music Awards	Best New Artist Award^[27]	Insomnia & Other Lullabyes	Won
2001	NU Rock Awards	Song of the Year^[28]	"Motorbykle"	Won
2002	Katha Music Awards	Song of the Year^[29]	Kawikaan	Nominated
2002	Katha Music Awards	Best World Music Composition^[29]	Kawikaan	Nominated
2002	Katha Music Awards	Best World Music Vocal^[29]	Kawikaan	Nominated
2004	NU Rock Awards	Rock Female Icon^[25]	—	Won
2005	NU Rock Awards	Guitarist of the Year^[25]	—	Won
2005	NU Rock Awards	Producer of the Year (shared with Angee Rozul)^[25]	"Comet's Tail"	Won
2008	Golden Screen Awards	Best Original Song	"Comfort In Your Strangeness" from the Still Life soundtrack	Won
2011	Metropop Song Festival	Best World Music Composition^[25]	Kawikaan	Nominated
2012	Awit Awards	Best Jazz Recording ( HUMANFOLK)	Para Sa Tao	Nominated
2012	Awit Awards	Best World Music Recording ( HUMANFOLK)^[27]	Para Sa Tao	Won
2015	Jack Daniel's Indie Music Awards	Jack Daniel’s On Stage Indie Icon Award^[30]^[25]	—	Won
2018	PMPC Star Awards	Acoustic Album of the Year^[31]	Even Such Is Time	Nominated
2018	PMPC Star Awards	Female Acoustic Artist of the Year^[31]	Even Such Is Time	Nominated

References

^ "Cynthia Alexander | Biography & History". AllMusic.
^ "Cynthia Alexander's intimate send-off". Inquirer Lifestyle. 22 June 2012.
^ "Cynthia Alexander to perform in Manila on April 17". cnn. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
^ siopaotonic (11 July 2012). "Fete dela Musique: Cynthia Alexander plays with Brigada". Rocel Z Dantoc. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
^ "Fete de la Musique 2020 is happening online". Rappler. 17 June 2020.
^ "Singing in the Rain(forest)". philstar.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012.
^ "Cynthia Alexander's first gig in Metro Manila | Coconuts Manila Manila". Coconuts. 20 April 2015.
^ "IN PHOTOS: Cynthia Alexander performs at Jack Daniels Indie Music Awards". Rappler. 19 April 2015.
^ "Ballet Philippines presents Pusong Wagas". Philstar.com.
^ "Pusong Wagas - Runthru Dance Magazine". sites.google.com.
^ "Ballet Philippines' "Pusong Wagas" perfect for Valentine's weekend". When In Manila. 25 January 2012.
^ "Ballet Philippines' Pusong Wagas". www.digibox.com.ph.
^ "Seattle by way of Manila: Musician Cynthia Alexander". Hyphen Magazine. 19 March 2013.
^ Rippingyarns - Cynthia Alexander | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic
^ Sita & Rama: papet Ramayana : mga awit, Quezon City: Teatrong Mulat ng Pilipinas, 2005, OCLC 301661796
^ "Synergy at Conspiracy". The Manila Times: Life and Times. 7 January 2007. p. C2.
^ Abunda, Boy. "Walking down the road with Cynthia Alexander". Philstar.com.
^ PH, One Music. "#Throwback: These OPM albums turn 10 years old in 2019!". One Music PH.
^ "Nadera's lecture and lyrics about rice". The Manila Times. 11 July 2010.
^ Policarpio, Allan (26 February 2010). "Rice Beat". The Manila Times – via PressReader.
^ Jazz, All About. "Humanfolk music @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz Musicians.
^ "'Even Such Is Time': A much-awaited album". Inquirer Lifestyle. 20 January 2018.
^ "Cynthia Alexander's sound endures change in her new album". cnn. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
^ "The return of Cynthia Alexander". www.bworldonline.com. 18 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Pagdiriwang Festival Cynthia Alexander". pagdiriwang.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "GRACE NONO, CYNTHIA ALEXANDER, AND KULAY SWEEP KATHA AWARDS NOMINATIONS". www.oocities.org.
^ ^a ^b ^c "All in the Family 3". www.bworldonline.com. 24 January 2019.
^ "PhilMusic News : RockAwards 2001: And the winners are..." 25 March 2006. Archived from the original on 25 March 2006.
^ ^a ^b ^c Gil, Baby A. "The Katha nominees". Philstar.com.
^ "Cynthia Alexander waxes nostalgic - Filipino Journal". 11 May 2015.
^ ^a ^b "FULL LIST: Nominees, PMPC Star Awards for Music 2017-2018". Rappler. 22 August 2018.

External links

[1] "Cynthia Alexander | Biography & History". AllMusic.

[2] "Cynthia Alexander's intimate send-off". Inquirer Lifestyle. 22 June 2012.

[3] "Cynthia Alexander to perform in Manila on April 17". cnn. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

[4] siopaotonic (11 July 2012). "Fete dela Musique: Cynthia Alexander plays with Brigada". Rocel Z Dantoc. Archived from the original on 21 April 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2021.

[5] "Fete de la Musique 2020 is happening online". Rappler. 17 June 2020.

[6] "Singing in the Rain(forest)". philstar.com. Archived from the original on 11 September 2012.

[7] "Cynthia Alexander's first gig in Metro Manila | Coconuts Manila Manila". Coconuts. 20 April 2015.

[8] "IN PHOTOS: Cynthia Alexander performs at Jack Daniels Indie Music Awards". Rappler. 19 April 2015.

[9] "Ballet Philippines presents Pusong Wagas". Philstar.com.

[10] "Pusong Wagas - Runthru Dance Magazine". sites.google.com.

[11] "Ballet Philippines' "Pusong Wagas" perfect for Valentine's weekend". When In Manila. 25 January 2012.

[12] "Ballet Philippines' Pusong Wagas". www.digibox.com.ph.

[13] "Seattle by way of Manila: Musician Cynthia Alexander". Hyphen Magazine. 19 March 2013.

[14] Rippingyarns - Cynthia Alexander | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic

[15] Sita & Rama: papet Ramayana : mga awit, Quezon City: Teatrong Mulat ng Pilipinas, 2005, OCLC 301661796

[16] "Synergy at Conspiracy". The Manila Times: Life and Times. 7 January 2007. p. C2.

[17] Abunda, Boy. "Walking down the road with Cynthia Alexander". Philstar.com.

[18] PH, One Music. "#Throwback: These OPM albums turn 10 years old in 2019!". One Music PH.

[19] "Nadera's lecture and lyrics about rice". The Manila Times. 11 July 2010.

[20] Policarpio, Allan (26 February 2010). "Rice Beat". The Manila Times – via PressReader.

[21] Jazz, All About. "Humanfolk music @ All About Jazz". All About Jazz Musicians.

[22] "'Even Such Is Time': A much-awaited album". Inquirer Lifestyle. 20 January 2018.

[23] "Cynthia Alexander's sound endures change in her new album". cnn. Archived from the original on 20 April 2021. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

[24] "The return of Cynthia Alexander". www.bworldonline.com. 18 January 2018.

[pagdiriwang-25] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Pagdiriwang Festival Cynthia Alexander". pagdiriwang.

[1998katha-26] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m "GRACE NONO, CYNTHIA ALEXANDER, AND KULAY SWEEP KATHA AWARDS NOMINATIONS". www.oocities.org.

[inthefamily-27] "All in the Family 3". www.bworldonline.com. 24 January 2019.

[28] "PhilMusic News : RockAwards 2001: And the winners are..." 25 March 2006. Archived from the original on 25 March 2006.

[2002katha-29] Gil, Baby A. "The Katha nominees". Philstar.com.

[30] "Cynthia Alexander waxes nostalgic - Filipino Journal". 11 May 2015.

[2018star-31] "FULL LIST: Nominees, PMPC Star Awards for Music 2017-2018". Rappler. 22 August 2018.

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