Professor of Music and Director of Choral Studies at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Dr. Brady R. Allred has developed "an international reputation for excellence." Recently selected by The Salt Lake Tribune as one of Utah's Top 25 Cultural Power Brokers, Dr. Allred was the first recipient of the newly established Ellen Neilson Barnes Presidential Endowed Chair for Choral Studies at the University of Utah. Additionally, he is the Artistic Director and Conductor of the Salt Lake Choral Artists, a community choir of approximately 200 singers that has been critically acclaimed for its innovative concerts and Summer Choral Institute program.
Known around the world for "exquisite choral singing," Dr. Allred's ensembles have been invited to participate in major festivals and have received honors including the Grand Prize at the Florilège Vocal de Tours International Choir Competition and First Prize at the Marktoberdorf International Chamber Choir Competition, as well as an award for Best Interpretation of 20th Century Music and the Conductor's Prize. The University of Utah Singers, under Dr. Allred's direction, won the Grand Prize at the 2006 European Grand Prix International Choral Competition.
Under his energetic leadership, Dr. Allred's choirs have completed nine international tours of Europe and a concert tour of Canada. In the United States, his choirs have toured extensively, including performances in Avery Fisher Hall and the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts for conventions of the Music Educators National Conference, Chorus America, and the American Choral Directors Association.

Prior to his work in Utah, Dr. Allred was the Music Director and Conductor for the Butler Symphony Orchestra, Director of Choral Activities at Duquesne University, and Artistic Driector and Conductor of the Bach Choir of Pittsburgh. He has been a guest conductor for the Schumann Chamber Orchestra in Italy,

the Wroclaw Philharmonic in Poland, the Symphonic Orchestra of the Russian Ministry of Defense, and the Salt Lake Mormon Tabernacle Choir. He has also performed with the Robert Shaw Festival Singers and the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus. In May 2007 he was the American judge on the international jury for the Markoberdorf competition in Germany. He joined juries in Slovenia and Spain in 2008.

Honored in Pittsburgh Magazine for "Excellence in the Arts," Dr. Allred was nominated for a Creative Achivement Award as an "Established Artist" by the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, and in 2007 was honored by the Utah Music Educators Association with a Superior Achievement award and selected for recognition in the International Who's Who in Choral Music.
Dr. Allred earned his Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting degrees from the Eastman School of Music, and his Bachelor of Music degree in Theory/Competition and Flute Performance from Brigham Young University. He and his wife, soprano Carol Ann Allred, have traveled and performed extensively as Artistic Ambassadors for the United States Information Agency. They have four daughters and make their home in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Related Links

• American Choral Directors Association

• International Conducting Masterclass
Modfestivals International Choral Events at Marktoberdorf, Germany