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BRIAN DOLLINGER, CONDUCTOR
Brief Resume
Orchestral Conducting Experience:
2017-present Music Director & Conductor, West Hawaii Dance Theatre, Kailua-Kona, HI
2016-present Artistic Director & Conductor, Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra, Waimea, HI
2015 Guest Conductor, Georgia Symphony Orchestra, Marietta, GA
2015 Guest Conductor, Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra, Waimea, HI
2014-2018 Conductor, Genesius Guild Summer Opera, Rock Island, IL
2013, 14 Assistant Conductor, Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra, Munster, IN
2004-present Music Director, Muscatine Symphony Orchestra, Muscatine, IA
2007-present Music Director, Clinton Symphony Orchestra, Clinton, IA
2006-2012 Music Director, Bradley Symphony Orchestra, Bradley University, Peoria, IL
2009-2012 Conductor, Central Illinois Youth Symphony, Morton, IL
2008 Conductor, Illinois Wesleyan Civic Orchestra, Bloomington, IL (Interim)
2004-2006 Music Director, Muscatine Youth Symphony Orchestra, Muscatine, IA
2002-2004 Assistant Conductor, Muncie Symphony Orchestra, Muncie, IN
2001-2004 Conductor, Assistant Conductor, Ball State University Symphony Orchestra, Muncie, IN
2001-2004 Music Director, East Central Indiana Youth Symphony Orchestra, Muncie, IN
2001 Conductor, Instructor, Indian Prairie School District No. 24, Aurora, IL
1998-2000 Assistant Conductor, Symphony Orchestra, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
2019 Guest Conductor, NUIC Band Festival, Lanark, IL
2018 Guest Conductor, Illinois Music Educators Association, District 4 Festival, Macomb, IL
2016 Guest Conductor, Iowa Music Educators Association Junior All-State Festival, Ames, IA
2011 Guest Conductor, Illinois Music Educators Association, District 3 Festival, Normal, IL
2010 Guest Conductor, Idaho Falls Symphony Orchestra, Idaho Falls, ID
2008 Guest Conductor, Lomzynska Orkiestra Kameralna, Lomza Poland
2008 Guest Conductor, Illinois Music Educators Association, District 2 & 8 Festival, DeKalb, IL
2006-2009 Guest Conductor/Cover Conductor, Central Illinois Youth Symphony Orchestra, Morton, IL
2005 Guest Conductor, Quad Cities Symphony Orchestra, Moline, IL
2004 Guest Conductor, Marion Philharmonic Orchestra, Marion, IN
2002-2004 Guest Conductor, Muncie Symphony Orchestra, Muncie, IN
2002 Guest Conductor, Lecturer, Taylor University, Upland, IN
2000 Guest Conductor, Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra, Munster, IN
Education:
2001-04 Ball State University, Muncie, IN
Post Graduate Studies in Orchestral Conducting & Double Bass,
2000 Master of Music, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Primary Emphasis in Orchestral Conducting - Secondary Emphasis in Double Bass
1994 Bachelor of Music, Illinois State University, Normal, IL
Major in Music Performance Double Bass
Awards/Special Recognition:
2018 World Premiere - Lincoln Speaks of Liberty, David Stern, Muscatine Symphony Orchestra
2016 Iowa Premiere - Dreamtime Ancestors for Orchestra, Christopher Theofanidis, Clinton Symphony Orchestra
2014 Iowa Premiere – Someday, Bob Moore, Muscatine Symphony Orchestra
2013 Iowa Premiere – Lincoln Highway Suite: Prairie View, Clinton Symphony Orchestra
2010 Iowa Premiere – Chasing Light, Joseph Schwantner, Clinton Symphony Orchestra
2009 World Premiere Commission – Photographic Memories, Tracey Rush, Muscatine Symphony Orchestra
World Premiere – Symphony No. 2, David Stern, Muscatine Symphony Orchestra
2005 Phi Kappa Lambda Honor Society Inductee, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
“Certificate of Achievement”, Graduate School, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
2004 World Premiere – Henry David Thoreau contemplates eternity at Walden Pond, David Stern
‘Outstanding Graduate Student’ – Ball State University, School of Music, Muncie, IN
2002 World Premiere – March for Liberty, Op. 74, Robert Hagenbuch Jr.
Relevant Non-Musical Experience and Awards:
1998-2006 United States Marine Corps Reserve, Comp. C, 6th Engineer Support Battalion, Peoria, IL
Received Honorable Discharge - 2006
Marine – Military Occupational Specialty of Combat Engineer
2003 Operation Enduring Freedom, Operation Iraqi Freedom – mobilized for active duty on January 14th, 2003
Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal Army Achievement Medal
Selected Marine Corps Reserve Medal Presidential Unit Citation
Armed Forces Reserve Medal Sea Service Deployment Ribbon
Global War of Terrorism Expeditionary Medal National Defense Service Medal
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