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INFORMATION ABOUT THE ALL-STATE MIDDLE LEVEL STRING ORCHESTRAWhat is the All-State Middle Level String Orchestra?
This event is in partnership with the Nebraska Chapter of the American String Teacher's Association. Who can attend?
2025 ALL-STATE MIDDLE LEVEL STRING ORCHESTRA CONDUCTOR
Alison holds a Doctoral degree Her performance experience as a bassist includes serving full-time as principal in Tulsa, OK (8 years), a Tanglewood fellowship, an Aspen Music Festival scholarship, was co-principal with the National Repertory Orchestra for 2 summers, and won a substitute audition with the St. Louis Symphony. She has also performed chamber music in the United States and in Europe and has been a featured soloist with the National Repertory Orchestra, Tulsa Philharmonic, Breckenridge, CO Festival, and Rockford, IL Symphony 2025 ALL-STATE MIDDLE LEVEL ORCHESTRA REPERTOIRE
2025 MIDDLE LEVEL ORCHESTRA SELECTED PARTICIPANTSThe 2025 All-State Middle Level String Orchestra has been selected, and the participant list is available for the public view. Click the link below to view the list. The final concert will take place at Kimball Recital Hall on Thursday, November 20 at 4:30 p.m. View the Middle Level Orchestra ParticipantsWe look forward to the 2025 All-State performances and the opportunity to work with such dedicated youth from all across our great state! DIRECTOR INFORMATIONIMPORTANT DOCUMENTS & DUE DATES
Please see communications emailed by [email protected] for further details! TICKET PRE-SALE Because this year's concert will be held at the Kimball Recital Hall, directors will use the same ticket instructions as Parents/Legal Guardians. Those instructions are linked below. PARENT & LEGAL GUARDIAN INFORMATIONTICKET PRE-SALE Ticket pre-sale must be completed online. Please read the following instruction documents carefully. Ticket pre-sale does not begin until October 27. You will not be able to order tickets until the pre-sale starts. Middle Level Orchestra Ticket InstructionsALL-STATE MEMORABILIA Thank you to the following businesses for providing All-State memorabilia for participating students and their families! Official All-State recordings provided by
Preorder online at https://www.soundwaves.org/ [email protected] | 419-433-4918 Official All-State photography provided by
Order online at http://callamsportsphoto.com/ (Photos will be available to view after the event) [email protected] | 402-419-6218 |
in orchestral conducting from the University of Kansas, Lawrence and a Master’s degree from U.S.C., Los Angeles in bass performance. Her professional conducting experience includes music director positions, assistant conductor positions, has been a conductor of youth symphonies, and has guest conducted various professional groups including 10 years as conductor of Brass Night and on various chamber concerts at the Breckenridge, CO summer music festival. Her academic conducting experience includes a year as interim Director of Orchestra at Iowa State and for Rock Valley College, IL, and for 4 years as conductor of the chamber orchestra at Illinois’ largest college, the College of DuPage. In addition, she has served as a clinician and guest conductor for music associations throughout the Midwest and for the Chicago Bass Festival. During her doctoral studies, she received assistantships from both the orchestral and jazz departments, where she worked and studied with British conductor, keyboards,t and recording artist Brian Priestman and with jazz educator, arranger and composer Dan Gailey. She has also received fellowships and won positions for conducting seminars through the League of American Orchestras, Chorus America, the Conductor’s Institutes in South Carolina (in opera), and at Bard College, NY.
