Director
Eric McAllister received his Bachelor of Music Education at Utah State University while studying Violin Performance with the quartet in residence, the Arcata String Quartet. He taught High School and Jr. High School orchestra in Farmington, New Mexico, for two years before moving to Las Vegas, Nevada. Eric received his Masters of Viola Performance while studying with Andrew Duckles and Beverly Bias at the University of Nevada Las Vegas.
Eric has performed with the Utah Festival Opera Company each summer since 1995, the Las Vegas Philharmonic since 2001, and other musical organizations such as the Las Vegas Sinfonietta, Nevada Chamber Symphony, San Juan Symphony in Durango, Colorado, Showcase Chamber Ensemble in Farmington, New Mexico, The Willow Valley String Quartet, The Candlelight String Quartet, and the Seasons Quartet.
Eric has conducted The Nevada Ballet Theater’s live performances since 2022, productions of Nutcracker, Carmina Burana, Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings, and Jerome Robbin’s “The Concert” (music of Frederick Chopin). Eric also conducts the College of Southern Nevada’s Orchestra. On violin and viola, Eric has performed in Las Vegas with performers such as Andre Bocelli, Josh Groban, Harry Connick Jr., Itzhak Perlman, Placido Domingo, Benjamin Zander, Johnny Mathis, Smokey Robinson, Donna Summer, Rascal Flatts, Linda Eder, Alan Parcens Project, Dennis DeYoung/Styxx, Air Supply, The Scintas, Danny Gans, Frank Sinatra Jr., Mary J. Blige, and Dave Stewart/Eurythmics, Richard Marx, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard, Martina McBride, Emmylou Harris, Carole King, Mavis Staples, Pat Monahan, Jennifer Hudson, and others.
Mr. McAllister has taught orchestra in public schools since 1999 and has been co-director of the orchestras and chamber music at the Las Vegas Academy of The Arts since 2006.