Allyson West

Collaborative Coordinator

Email: allysonwest@usf.edu
Phone: (843) 822-4312
Office: MUS 332

Allyson West has served on USF Music Faculty as Collaborative Coordinator since 2019. She received her Master of Music degree in Piano Performance from the University of South Florida and her Bachelor of Music degree in Performance from Delta State University.

West started her collaborative career in 2006 at Charleston Southern University where she served on staff as the instrumental accompanist for eight and a half years. Moving to Arkansas in 2015, she served on staff at Ouachita Baptist University and the University of Arkansas Little Rock, serving both vocal and instrumental departments. In these settings, she served at multiple music camps and festivals in both teaching and collaborative roles. She has also worked as rehearsal and performance pianist for multiple choirs and musical theater productions.

Outside the university setting, West has collaborated with the Charleston Symphony Orchestra and the Little Rock Wind Symphony Chamber Ensembles.

In addition to collaboration, West has had opportunities to serve as a solo performer, lecturer, judge and teacher. She has performed in three Steinway series concerts and in Piobbico, Italy, at the Brancaleoni Piano Festival. Her lecturing experience includes “Efficient and Effective Practice Methods for Music Learning” for the collaborative team at Ouachita Baptist University and “Online Piano Lessons- the Basics” at the 2018 USF Performing Arts Medicine Conference (P.A.M.A.) Symposium. As judge, she worked for the Federation Festival in Little Rock, Arkansas, and in both group and individual settings, she has taught piano to students of all ages for over twenty years.