| About CIYS Conductor
Brian Dollinger Brian Dollinger, is also the Conductor and
Music Director of the Muscatine Symphony Orchestra and Clinton Symphony (IA).
He has been praised here and abroad by audiences and musicians alike. Mr.
Dollinger has guest conducted the Quad Cities Symphony Orchestra, the Northwest
Indiana Symphony Orchestra, the Marion Philharmonic Orchestra (IN), and the Muncie
Symphony Orchestra (IN). His other conducting positions have included conductor
of the Illinois Wesleyan Civic Orchestra in Bloomington, IL (Fall 2008), Assistant
Conductor of the Muncie Symphony Orchestra and Ball State University Symphony
Orchestra, and Music Director of the East Central Indiana Youth Symphony Orchestra. | 
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"His performance proved to be unforgettable and one
of the most significant artistic events"
Jan Milosz Zarzycki Music
Director, Lutoslawski's Philharmony Poland. His passion
for conducting, teaching and mentoring has led to Music Director and Conductor
(in his fourth season) of the Bradley Symphony Orchestra at the Bradley University
in Peoria, IL. At this institution, he teaches conducting students as well as
double bass. Proudly, he is an alum of the CIYS program, having performed for
many years in both the Central Illinois Concert Orchestra and the CIYS ensembles
as a double bassist. Mr. Dollinger is a frequent conductor
and clinician for various youth string festivals, competitions, and workshops.
In November of 2008, Mr. Dollinger was invited to teach and conduct at the Illinois
Music Educators Association (IMEA) District Festival for Districts 2 & 8 held
on the campus of Northern Illinois University. In 2008,
Mr. Dollinger traveled to Lomza, Poland to appear as guest conductor of the Lomzynska
Orkiestra Kameralna (Lomza Chamber Orchestra). He has worked with many exciting
artists such as Dan Kamin, Marcia Henry-Liebenow, Anthony Arnone, Dariusz Samol,
Kitty Karn, Katie Wolfe, Kelly Langenberg, and Rei Hotoda. Mr.
Dollinger has participated in various prestigious conducting workshops including
the American Symphony Orchestra League, the International Academy of Advanced
Conducting, and the Conductor's Institute of South Carolina. He studied conducting
with Leonid Korchmar, Oleg Proskurnya, Adrian Gnam, Manuel Alvarez, Larry Rachleff,
Glenn Block, Leonard Atherton, and Tomasz Golka. Mr. Dollinger
graduated from the Illinois State University with a Bachelor of Music degree in
Double Bass Performance and a Master of Music Degree in Orchestral Conducting
and Double Bass Performance. During his doctoral studies at Ball State University,
Mr. Dollinger was inducted into the Phi Kappa Lambda Honor Society while at BSU.
Mr. Dollinger was also received the "Outstanding Graduate Student" award
from the School of Music, and a "Certificate of Achievement" from the
Graduate School at Ball State. Mr. Dollinger is the proud
father of nine-year old daughter, Arianna Rose who is in her fourth year of taking
violin lessons. Arianna has begun taking horse-riding lessons on an American Saddlebred
horse named Carlos. |
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