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艾莉森·盖恩斯 holds a Doctoral degree in conducting from the University of Kansas, 劳伦斯 and a Master’s degree from U.S.C., Los Angeles in bass performance and one in conducting from the University of Tulsa. Her musical activities as bassist and conductor have taken her across the continental U.S., and to Italy, Austria, Germany. Her academic conducting experience includes a year as interim Director of Orchestra at 爱荷华州 State and for Rock Valley College, IL and for 4 years as conductor of the chamber orchestra at Illinois’ largest community college, the College of DuPage.
Her professional conducting experience includes positions as music director, 助理指挥, 覆盖导体, director of youth symphonies and guest conductor of various professional, community and student groups. This includes 10 years as conductor of Brass Night for the 出台, CO 音乐 Festival and music director of both the Philharmonia of Greater Kansas City and the Atchison, KS交响曲. She has also served as Assistant Conductor for Elmhurst, IL交响曲, 覆盖导体 of Orchestra 爱荷华州 and as guest conductor 罗克福德的, IL交响曲 (on four occasions), 劳伦斯, KS Chamber Orchestra, Central 爱荷华州 Symphony, Chicago Youth Symphony and Fordham University’s Lincoln Center Chamber Players and Rose Hill Orchestra in New York city. 除了, she has served as a conductor and clinician for music education associations in Nebraska, 爱荷华州, 阿肯色州, Illinois and Wisconsin.
During her doctoral studies she received assistantships from both the orchestral and jazz departments where she worked and studied with British conductor, keyboardist and recording artist Brian Priestman and with jazz educator, arranger and composer Dan Gailey. She was also admitted to various conducting seminars through the League of American Orchestras, Chorus America (Fellowship), the Conductor’s Institutes in South Carolina (Fellowship in opera) and at Bard College, NY. While studying bass at U.S.C. 在洛杉矶, she studied with Los Angeles Philharmonic Co-Principal bassist Dennis Trembly and received two Orchestral Leadership Awards from conductor Daniel Lewis.
As a bass teacher she has been a clinician for the Chicago Bass Festival, Chicago Youth Symphony, 艺术 Saves Lives (St. Maarten, Dutch Caribbean) and for various K-12 music education associations throughout the Midwest. Her performance experience as a bassist includes serving full-time as principal in Tulsa, OK(8年), a Tanglewood fellowship, an Aspen 音乐 Festival scholarship, New York String Ensemble, Spoleto, Italy Opera Festival, was co-principal with the National Repertory Orchestra for 2 summers and won a substitute audition with the St. 路易交响曲. She has also performed chamber music in the United States and in Europe and has been a featured soloist with the National Repertory Orchestra, 塔尔萨爱乐乐团, 出台, 公司的节日, 和罗克福德, IL交响曲. Her Jazz/Classical crossover group, Bolling Team/Chamber Jazz, has been featured on music series’ such as the ComEd Digital stage concerts, Masylake Jazz Series and for the Illinois Philharmonic.
