earned a masters degree in Music Performance from the University of South Carolina after undergraduate studies at Ithaca College and at the Eastman School of Music.  He has taught in public schools, privately, and at the college level. Currently he is in his 15th year as the Director of Bands at Summit Parkway Middle School, and is also Director of Bands at Spring Valley High School.

Summit Parkway has earned superior ratings at South Carolina Band Directors' Association Concert Festival for 12 consecutive years; they have earned superior ratings at Carowinds, the Orlando Festival of Music, the All-Star Music Festival in Orlando, FL, the All-American Festival in Orlando, the Grand National Adjudicators Invitational, and the Dixie Classic Festival in Atlanta, GA. At Grand NAI, the ensemble received top honors among middle school bands in 2000, 2002 and 2005.

Summit Parkway has earned the SCBDA Outstanding Performance Award for twelve consecutive years.  In 2001, the Summit Parkway Honor Band performed at the South Carolina Music Educators Association In-Service Conference in Greenville, SC; and in 2002, they performed at the MENC National Biennial In-Service Conference in Nashville and also at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago.  In April 2001, the Summit Parkway Jazz Band was featured at Vh-1 Save the Music inaugural event on the steps of the South Carolina State House in Columbia. In November 2002, the Honor Band was asked to perform for President Bush upon his arrival in Columbia. In February 2007, the Honor Band performed at the Southern Division MENC Convention in Charleston, SC.

Mr. Allison was named the 1998-99 Summit Parkway Teacher of the Year. He was named in School Band & Orchestra magazine’s Fifty Teachers Who Make a Difference n in 2001, and was awarded the Citation of Excellence by the National Bandmasters Association in 2001, 2002 and 2007. Mr. Allison has conducted numerous band and orchestra clinics, and has authored articles on trumpet pedagogy for publications including the South Carolina Bandmaster. In May 2003, he was a featured presenter at the Iowa Bandmasters Clinic; in February 2003, he was guest conductor of the Ridge View High School Band’s performance at the University of Southern Mississippi Band Clinic, and in March 2005, was guest conductor of the Ridge View Band at the Bands of America National Concert Festival.  He was recently awarded the National Band Association Citation of Excellence Award.

As a trumpet player, Mr. Allison continues to perform in both the classical and commercial fields,  in shows, recording sessions, clinics and teaching. He has performed with many orchestras in New York, Kansas, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Georgia. Currently he is in his twenty-first season as the principal trumpet with the South Carolina Philharmonic. He is a founding member and solo trumpet of the Palmetto Brass and performs with the Dick Goodwin Big Band and the Palmetto Concert Band. Mr. Allison has appeared as guest soloist with the Savannah Symphony, the South Carolina Philharmonic, the University of South Carolina Symphony, and the S.C. Chamber Orchestra. The Getzen Company has named Mr. Allison an Artist/Clinician for Getzen trumpets.

Mr. Allison has earned National Board Certification in Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood/Music; and maintains professional affiliations with the SCBDA, MENC, NBA, IAJE, ITG and Phi Beta Mu. Mr. Allison and his wife have two adult daughters.

Recent Clinics Conducted:

South Carolina Band Director’s Association Region 4 Clinic Band - February 2008

Greenwood (SC) All-County Band- March 2007

Rocky Mount - Nash (NC) All-County Junior Band - March 2006

Greenville (SC) All-County Band - March 2005

Middle Tennessee Junior Select All-State Band - January 2005

Georgia District 6 (Clayton County) Junior Honor Band - March 2004

Florence (SC) District 1 All-City Senior Orchestra - February 2001

University of South Carolina Summer Band Camp - June 2000

South Carolina District 5 Junior Honor Band - February 1999

Florence (SC) District 1 All-City Middle School Band - November 1998

is a native of Texas.   After graduating from Spring Valley HS in 1988, she earned a Bachelor's Degree in Music with an emphasis in Music Education in 1992. Her post graduate studies include courses in music and computer technology, computer graphics, band literature, music education curriculum and administration, and the Alexander Technique. Mrs. Lee has studied saxophone with Dr. Clifford Leaman.  She earned a Masters Degree in Music Education from the University of South Carolina in 2007.

Mrs. Lee has taught in public schools at the high school and middle school level for fifteen years.  She served as Director of Bands at A.C. Flora High School in Columbia, South Carolina, from 1993 to 1999.  Under her direction, the A.C. Flora Bands consistently earned superior ratings at marching and state concert festivals. 

Mrs. Lee has served as woodwind instructor for the Spring Valley High School Bands in Columbia since 1999.  She has taught privately in Richland District Two since 1999.  Students who have studied in her studio have consistently earned top chairs in the South Carolina Band Director’s Association Region and All-State Bands.   

Mrs. Lee is currently in her ninth year as Assistant Director of Bands at Summit Parkway Middle School and in her fourth year as administrative assistant for the Spring Valley High School Bands.  She has conducted the SPMS BANDS in performances such as the Southern Division Music Educators National Conference in 2007 in Charleston, SC; the Midwest Clinic in December of 2002 in Chicago, IL; and the South Carolina Music Educators Association in 2001 in Greenville, SC.

During her tenure as Assistant Director, the Summit Parkway Bands have consistently received Superior ratings at both state and regional concert festivals and have been awarded the SCBDA Outstanding Performance Award. Both the seventh and eighth grade bands have earned superior ratings at The Grand National Adjudicators Invitational and the Dixie Classic Festivals.  In 2002, the eighth grade band was named the Grand NAI Festival Honor Band. In 2003 and 2004, the band was awarded first place in the All-American Festival.

Mrs. Lee has served on the Tri-District Arts Consortium of Columbia, South Carolina audition committee.  She is in her second year as winds ensemble teacher and music theory instructor.

Mrs. Lee has earned National Board Certification in Early Adolescence through Young Adulthood/Music. She was recently awarded the National Band Association Citation of Excellence Award. Mrs. Lee maintains professional affiliations with SCBDA, MENC and SCMEA.  Mrs. Lee also maintains the Summit Parkway Bands' web site.

Mrs. Lee and her husband have a son and a daughter.  Their son is a member of the Summit Parkway Middle School Bands and of the Spring Valley Viking Band!