Eric Allen

LCM Conductor

Eric Allen serves the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Lubbock Chamber Orchestra. Allen has led the LCO through stimulating performances of a variety of repertoire including symphonic masterworks, choral collaborations and collaborative solo repertoire. He led the orchestra in recording DJ Sparr’s Through Every Gust of Wind: Four Haiku as part of the Sparr’s album titled Hard Metal Cantus, published on the Innova Label. Dr. Allen also serves as Interim Director of Choral Music at First United Methodist Church in Lubbock.

In addition to his responsibilities with LSO and FUMC, Dr. Allen serves as Associate Professor of Music and Associate Director of Bands at Texas Tech University where his responsibilities include serving as conductor of the Symphonic Band, directing the Contemporary Music Ensemble, teaching conducting, and assisting with the direction of the Goin' Band from Raiderland. He also teaches courses within the Summer Master of Music Education program. 

Under Allen's direction, the Texas Tech Symphonic Band has performed many engaging concerts with repertoire spanning nearly two centuries. The ensemble has also performed many collaborative performances with faculty solo artists and were praised in Fanfare Magazine for their fine accompaniment work on the MSR Classics release of Andrew Stetson's solo album, “Rise Above.”  Further recognition came through their selection by jury to perform at the 2016 CBDNA Southwestern Division Conference in Boulder, Colorado, and the 2020 CBDNA Southwestern Divisional Conference in Norman, Oklahoma.

Allen holds Bachelor and Master of Music Education degrees from Florida State University and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting from the University of Minnesota.