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Brad Vanfleet, 1987-current, is the owner and operator of Higher Music Education in Eastern Utah. He is the Founder and Executive Director of The Uintah Basin Youth Chamber Orchestra. Brad Vanfleet is the Assistant Artistic Director of the Uintah Basin Orchestra and Chorus under the direction of Dr. J Michael Bankhead, former Commander of The United States Air Force Band in Washington D.C. and former Music Department Head of USU. He has also worked under the direction of Dr Richard Brunson, Dr Michael Huff, Dr Anthony Maiello, Dr Mac Wilberg and Dr Craig Jessop. Brad is a founding member and violist of the Oquirrh String Quartet. He is Principal Violist of the Uintah Basin Orchestra and Chorus. Brad was mentored by violists Christopher McKellar, Leann Morgan, Marcia Bramble and Brad Ottesen. He began his viola studies at the age of 10. Brad’s repertoire ranges from viola solos from the boroque, classical, romantic and contemporary period including concertos, sonatas and caprices. He also has an extensive quartet repertoire list, Dvorak and Beethoven being among his favorite and most performed chamber pieces. Brad is an experienced clinician for youth chamber groups, spending most of his time in Utah and occasionally traveling throughout the US with the Uintah Basin Youth Chamber Orchestra which he founded in 2016. He regularly conducts workshops with youth orchestras and school orchestras across the state of Utah. In his 6 years in the Uintah Basin in Eastern Utah Brad has built an instrumental music culture for the surrounding communities. Brad concentrates most of his time building opportunities for music students in rural eastern Utah, conducting The Uintah Basin Youth Chamber Orchestra, ubyco.org, teaching violin and viola in his private music studio to dozens of students, managing the orchestra of the Uintah Basin Orchestra and Chorus and conducting workshops throughout the state for young chamber artist groups.