March 2025 – Guiding students to careers in music through specialised education
https://citylifestyle.com/articles/invested-in-our-future
January 2024 – Alabama School of Fine Arts opens new Recital Hall
https://www.asfastar.com/post/music-department-makes-debut-in-newly-renovated-recital-hall
“To top it off, conductor Fokkens deserves a feather in his cap for his inspiration, control of the production and how he got the best out of the performance, especially from the choir.”
(Carmina Burana with Free State Symphony Orchestra and Combined Community Choirs) Elretha Britz, Volsblad
“Fokkens conducting gestures were even understandable to the audience. There was no doubt that the orchestra reproduced exactly each one of his interpretations of each character”.
(Enigma Variations, Free State Symphony Orchestra) Elretha Btitz, Volksblad
“In the pit, the Orchestra Cherubini, out of the classical repertoire (and to listen to it, with Cristina Muti Mazzavillani, the director of the Festival, is her maestro, Riccardo Muti) conducted by Alexander Fokkens, has demonstrated skill and flexibility.”
"All the answers are in the music" 