Dr. Allegra N. Fisher

Education

• Ph.D., Kansas State University, Curriculum and Instruction, cognate in Music

• M.Mus., University College Dublin, Ethnomusicology

• B.A., Kansas State University, Music

Teaching Specialties

• Athletic Bands

• and & Wind Ensembles

• Conducting

Research Interests

• Leadership Development in Musicians

• Purpose/History/Culture of Athletic Bands

• Psychology of Music

• Effects/Learning of Music in Individuals with Autism

Affiliations

• College Band Directors National Association

• National Association of Music Education

• Tau Beta Sigma

Biography

Dr. Allegra Fisher is the Associate Director of Bands/Director of Athletic Bands at Arkansas State University. She conducts The Sound of the Natural State Marching Band, Howlers Basketball and Volleyball Bands, Friday Night Hype Band, and A-State Concert Band. In addition, she instructs undergraduate marching band methods and oversee Band Graduate Assistants. She serves as the musical director for the Grind City Brass Band in Memphis, Tennessee.

Dr. Fisher completed a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction with a cognate in music at Kansas State University, where she taught as a Graduate Student Instructor for the K-State Marching Band, Basketball Bands, Volleyball Band, Pub Crawl Bands, Concert Band, Woodwind Chamber Ensembles, Brass Chamber Ensembles, University Bands, and undergraduate conducting courses. Prior to K-State, Dr. Fisher received a Masters in Ethnomusicology from University College Dublin in Ireland where she served as a Graduate Student Instructor for Popular Music.

Dr. Fisher previously taught in Iowa at Dordt University where she began the university’s first athletic band program and conducted the Campus Community Band. Simultaneously, she taught middle school band and choir focusing on growing and establishing a flourishing program. She began a drum line that performed in annual festivals, doubled the jazz band, and began an in-school private lesson program for every band student. She writes drill for high school marching bands, continues to perform on bassoon, and is an active adjudicator, guest conductor, and clinician for concert and athletic ensembles in Arkansas, Tennessee, Kansas, Iowa, and South Dakota. 

Her research interests include leadership development in university marching bands, a topic she continues to actively explore, as well as enhancing the marching band culture and retention. Dr. Fisher received a Bachelor of Arts in Music at Kansas State University.