Brian Allred joined the Sioux City Symphony Orchestra in 2016 and appeared as a soloist with the orchestra in 2019, performing Kaija Saariaho's Aile du songe. He won first place and best performance of the newly commissioned work in the 2019 Myrna W. Brown Artist Competition in Texas and also received top prizes in the South Carolina Flute Society Young Artist Competition and the Contemporary Performance Competition at the Cortona Sessions for New Music in Cortona, Italy. Brian performed in the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall as a First Prize Winner in the Golden Classical Music Awards. He teaches flute and music theory at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.
