Brian Dollinger is in his fifth season as the Music Director of the Muscatine Symphony Orchestra (IA). He is also the new Music Director and Conductor of the Clinton Symphony Orchestra (IA), and continues in his second academic year as the Conductor of the Bradley (University) Symphony Orchestra and Instructor of Double Bass. Most recently, 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. He has conducted the Northwest Indiana Symphony Orchestra, the Marion Philharmonic Orchestra (IN), the Quad Cities Symphony Orchestra (IL), and the Muncie Symphony Orchestra.

Mr. Dollinger has a strong interest in new music compositions. He conducted various world premieres including the world premiere of, faculty colleague, David Stern’s Henry David Thoreau contemplates eternity at Walden Pond.

He has been a participant at various conducting workshops which were organized by the International Academy of Advanced Conducting, American Symphony Orchestra League, and the Conductor’s Institute of South Carolina, among others. He has studied conducting with Adrian Gnam, Leonid Korchmar, Oleg Proskurnya, Manuel Alvarez, Larry Rachleff, Glenn Block, Leonard Atherton, and Tomasz Golka.

This year, Mr. Dollinger is expecting to finish his Doctor of Arts degree at Ball State University with a primary emphasis in orchestral conducting. He currently holds Master of Music and Bachelor of Music degrees from Illinois State University.

Mr. Dollinger is a frequent guest clinician and guest conductor for numerous youth orchestras and youth music festivals throughout Iowa and Illinois. He is the Music Director and Conductor for the Muscatine Youth Symphony Orchestra which he established in 2004.