Alison Derrick { Viola } { Violin } *** Official Homepage ***

Alison Derrick has been playing violin since she was 9 and viola since she was 13. Although getting a relatively late start in music, her career in music has taken her all over the world and put her stage or in the studio with several amazing musicians.

Most recently, in the summer of 2007 she studied in San Diego at the Mark O' Connor Strings Conference. There she was able to work with such world renowned musicians as Mark O' Connor, Casey Driessen, Johnny Gimble, and Rushard Eggleston. In the Fall of 2006 she had the privilege of playing viola and tour the United States with the 1970s rock super group, Jethro Tull.

She has also shared the stage and/or recorded with a hand full of other up and coming groups such as The Ottomen and Victoria. While living in Austin, she performed and recorded with the group Okkerville River, which was most recently featured on Late Night with Connan Obrien.

Her studies have taken her all over the world. From 1999-2003 she studied viola with Mimi Zweig at Indiana University School of Music. She also spent one year in Vienna, Austria studying with Tobias Lea the principal violist of the Vienna Philharmonic and also with Sigfried Fuhlinger at the Hochschule fur Music und Darstellende Kunst.

From 2003-2005 she studied with Roger Myers at the University of Texas at Austin where she tested out of all Master's level classes and began Doctoral level classes. There she was the principal violist in the University of Texas Baroque Orchestra and assistant principal violist in the University of Texas new music ensemble.

She is now currently finishishing a Master's Degree in Music Education at Webster University in Saint Louis, MO, teaching private lessons, and doing freelance work live and in the studio. Other than classical music she is interested in Bluegrass, Alt. Country, Noise Rock, and especially Art Rock. She is now looking for other like minded musicians to play Art Music for children and art museums while wearing various costumes and also make music for silent films.



	Alison Derrick has been playing violin since she was 9 and viola since she was 13. Although getting a relatively late start in music, her career in music has taken her all over the world and put her stage or in the studio with several amazing musicians. Most recently, in the summer of 2007 she studied in San Diego at the Mark O' Connor Strings Conference. There she was able to work with such world renowned musicians as Mark O' Connor, Casey Driessen, Johnny Gimble, and Rushard Eggleston. In the Fall of 2006 she had the privilege of playing viola and tour the United States with the 1970s rock super group, Jethro Tull. She has also shared the stage and/or recorded with a hand full of other up and coming groups such as The Ottomen and Victoria. While living in Austin, she performed and recorded with the group Okkerville River, which was most recently featured on Late Night with Connan Obrien. Her studies have taken her all over the world. From 1999-2003 she studied viola with Mimi Zweig at Indiana University School of Music. She also spent one year in Vienna, Austria studying with Tobias Lea the principal violist of the Vienna Philharmonic and also with Sigfried Fuhlinger at the Hochschule fur Music und Darstellende Kunst. From 2003-2005 she studied with Roger Myers at the University of Texas at Austin where she tested out of all Master's level classes and began Doctoral level classes. There she was the principal violist in the University of Texas Baroque Orchestra and assistant principal violist in the University of Texas new music ensemble. She is now currently finishishing a Master's Degree in Music Education at Webster University in Saint Louis, MO, teaching private lessons, and doing freelance work live and in the studio. Other than classical music she is interested in Bluegrass, Alt. Country, Noise Rock, and especially Art Rock. She is now looking for other like minded musicians to play Art Music for children and art museums while wearing various costumes and also make music for silent films.