
Guitarist, Conductor and Educator

Colin performing Mahler Symphony #7 with the San Diego Symphony Orchestra

Performing Le Marteau sans maitre
Arizona State University, November 2015
Arizona State University, November 2015

Performing Luigi Boccherini’s Quintet in D Major “Fandango” – University of California, San Diego

At the Desierto de Los Leones, México, D.F.

Promotional photo

Performing with Wonderbound at the Pinnacle Center for the Performing Arts, Denver, Colorado

Performing Ofer Ben-Amots’ Concertino
Chamber Orchestra of the Springs, May 2016
Chamber Orchestra of the Springs, May 2016

Live at Club Mezcal
Mexico City, August 2015
Mexico City, August 2015

McAllister-Keller Guitar Duo performing at Trinity Cathedral, Sacramento, California
Summer 2014

At the University of Alaska, Fairbanks with Morris Palter, xylophone and Vince Cherico, drums

In residence at the Centro Mexicano para la Música y las Artes Sonoras Morelia, Michoacan

At the Desierto de Los Leones, México, D.F.

Performing the Sound Poems of Hugo Ball
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, March 2014
University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, March 2014

With composer Matthew Burtner at the SoundON Festival of Modern Music in La Jolla, California.

With Paul Musso at the Tijuana International Jazz Festival

Performing Christopher Adler's Aeneas in the Underworld

At the Desierto de Los Leones, México, D.F.
Directing the UCSD Guitar Ensemble at Miracosta College – Oceanside, California

Ensemble Peak FreQuency in concert at the Gallery of Contemporary Art 121, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Karen Bentley Pollick - violin, Glen Whitehead - trumpet, Colin McAllister - guitar, Jane Rigler - flute
Karen Bentley Pollick - violin, Glen Whitehead - trumpet, Colin McAllister - guitar, Jane Rigler - flute

Performing Helmut Lachenmann’s Salut für Caudwell in Danville, Illinois

With eminent scholar Bernard McGinn, May 2016

At the Desierto de Los Leones, México, D.F.

In concert at Palomar College – San Marcos, California

Performing Matthew Burtner’s Citlaltépetl Vertex at King Recital Hall, Denver, Colorado

With string quartet at UCSD
UCSD Guitarists - with Paul Bowman and Pablo Gómez at the opening concert for the Conrad Prebys Concert Hall

At the Desierto de Los Leones, México, D.F.

Solo performance of Hugo Ball’s Sound Poems, written in 1916

Featured Jazz Artist at the Tijuana Innovadora 2012

Recording Elliott Carter's Shard at the Colorado Public Radio studios in Centennial, Colorado

Live at Motif, Colorado's coolest jazz club! With Glen Whitehead - trumpet and Alan Joseph - bass

McAllister and Keller rehearsing at William Jessup University, Rocklin, California
The Jazz Orchestra of the Springs, October 2014

With Morris Palter – the SpeakEasy Duo

With the Gibson L5-CT

With Helmut Lachenmann and Derek Keller after a performance of “Salut für Caudwell”, in residence at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music.

A very cold concert: -36 Centigrade!
University of Alaska, Fairbanks – February 2015
University of Alaska, Fairbanks – February 2015

Festival Internacional de la Guitarra
Querétaro, México – June 2015
Querétaro, México – June 2015

Through a Glass Darkly: UCCS Symposium on Apocalyptic
Heller Center for Arts & Humanities, April 2016
Heller Center for Arts & Humanities, April 2016

Live at Jazz in the Garden, August 2015