Brian comes from east central Indiana where he was the Assistant Conductor of the Muncie Symphony Orchestra and Ball State University Symphony Orchestra, and Music Director of the East Central Indiana Youth Symphony Orchestra.  Mr. Dollinger gave his professional conducting debut with the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra. 

Brian has been a participant at various conducting workshops which were organized by the American Symphony Orchestra League, and the Conductor’s Institute of South Carolina, among others.  He has studied conducting with Manuel Alvarez, Larry Rachleff, Glenn Block, Leonard Atherton, and Tomasz Golka.  Mr. Dollinger is expecting to finish his Doctor of Arts degree at Ball State University with a primary emphasis in orchestral conducting and a secondary emphasis in double bass performance.  Mr. Dollinger graduated from Illinois State University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Music degree in Double Bass Performance and in 2000 with a Master of Music Degree in Orchestral Conducting and Double Bass Performance.   conductingbassist@hotmail.com

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