Allison M Duggan

Allison Duggan is a New York-based composer, performer and music educator.

Allison Duggan is a multi-disciplinary composer, bassoonist, saxophonist, vocalist, and pianist, and has recently completed her Masters of Science in Music Education at Hofstra University. Allison is experienced with children of various abilities, and currently works as a private teacher at various studios on Long Island and New York City. An undergrad Alumnus at SUNY Purchase College(2013), Ms. Duggan spent 8 years leading female-fronted artistic and musical endeavors in New York City, and has served as a guest speaker at A2IM’S Indie Week (2017) and SUNY Purchase College Entrepreneur Workshop (2017). Allison has composed for independent film and theatrical productions, and has performed on bassoon at symphonic band festivals across the country, including at the 2017 New York Sounds of Summer International Music Festival, under the direction of Brian Worsdale. She has studied with Dr. Peter Boonshaft, Gregory Quick, Dr. Andrew Waggoner, Dr. Doreen Fryling, Dr. Cindy Bell, and Professor Kelly Grace. 

Allison has written for theatrical performances, including a 2015 participant in the Venus/Adronis Festival, a(MUSE), and composed for the award-winning short, White Privilege Frankenstein. She is also a freelance vocalist, and has participated in Brazilian Ensemble groups, as well as local choirs in the metropolitan area.  Allison performs in Brooklyn on bassoon, and has participated in various large bands to support music education in scholastic settings. As of the year of 2019, she composed for trios and small ensembles for groups She has had works performed in Sydney Australia, San Fransisco, and New York City.

As a music teacher, she has gained a great rapport with her students varying in different learning styles, musical ideologies, and genres. She has brought on average seven students to NYSSMA yearly with good-excellent levels in grading, yet strives for all musicians she teaches to focus on the craft, not on a grade. She will be attending Hofstra University in the Fall of 2020 for her masters in Music Education, concentrating on Composition, Audio Techniques, and Band Techniques.

She has extensive experience working with sound at production companies such as Big Yellow Duck, Deetown Entertainment, and Northern Lights Post. She has also created her own techniques using household items to create organic sounds and create characters that aurally paints pictures for listeners. Currently she is focused on her first fuil=length album, along with gaining more performance experience.