Abbie Eads
Conductor & Cellist
About
Abbie
“... her professionalism, preparation, and thorough understanding of each instrument or voice makes performing with her as easy as it can be - freeing each performer up to be able to add the extra artistic quality that brings magic to a performance.”
-Laura Loge, soprano
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"Abbie Eads has the rare ability to guide her ensemble with clarity, consistency, and confidence. Only several measures into a piece, a player knows they are working with an exceptional conductor; one who shows clear cues and gestures without fanfare, fuss, or error. Her hands convey exactly what needs to be “said”, allowing musicians to focus on making music. What a gift!"
-Jane Sandstrom, flute
A "versatile and passionate musician”, Abbie Eads captivates audiences nationwide as both a conductor and cellist. Praised for her clarity and consistency, Abbie “brings out the best from all those under her baton” delivering performances that resonate with the composer's true intent. Abbie has garnered the respect of conductors, singers, and instrumentalists throughout the world.
This season, she will collaborate with various ensembles including Western Plains Opera, Missouri Valley Chamber Orchestra, Minot Symphony Orchestra, Bismarck-Mandan Symphony Orchestra, and Dakota Pro Musica. Abbie's role as Development Officer at Minot State University's Foundation also allows her to foster greater support for the arts.
Her previous appointments include Conductor-in-Residence of the NW Edvard Grieg Society, Director of Music and Liturgy at Seattle’s Our Lady of the Lake Parish, and Director of Orchestras and Adjunct Professor at Pierce College in Puyallup, WA. Abbie earned her Master’s Degree in Orchestral Conducting from the University of Washington, studying under Seattle Symphony Conductor Emeritus Ludovic Morlot and David A. Rahbee, and holds a Bachelor of Arts in Music from Minot State University where she studied cello with Erik Anderson.
Abbie has performed with numerous orchestras and at various festivals around the globe, including the International Conducting Workshop & Festival (Bulgaria), the Telemark Symfoniorkester (Norway), the Lviv National Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra (Ukraine), and the Pierre Monteux Festival Orchestra (Maine). As a cellist, she was a soloist with the Minot Symphony Orchestra as the winner of their 2014 MSO Concerto Competition.
2024-25 Season
A Tribute to
Coldplay on Strings
Candlelight Concert | Fever
Thursday, August 15, 2024
7 & 9 PM | Russell Reid Auditorium
Bismarck, ND
La Bohème
by Giacomo Puccini
Western Plains Opera
Saturday, September 7, 2024
7 PM | Ann Nicole Nelson Hall
Minot, ND
Keeping Love in the Circle Around Me
Dakota Pro Musica
Friday, October 4, 2024
7:30 PM | Christ Lutheran Church
Minot, ND
CROSSINGS:
Now We Belong
Minot Chamber Chorale
Friday, October 11, 2024
7 PM | Christ Lutheran Church
Minot, ND
A Renaissance
Christmas Feast
Minot Chamber Chorale
Friday, December 6, 2024
7 PM | Regency Event Center
Minot, ND
Holiday
Magic
Minot Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, December 14, 2024
7 PM | Ann Nicole Nelson Hall
Minot, ND
St. John Passion of
J.S. Bach
Dakota Pro Musica
Friday, March 21, 2025
6 PM* MDT | Assumption Abbey
Richardton, ND
The Lion King
Live in Concert
Minot Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, May 3, 2025
7 PM | Ann Nicole Nelson Hall
Minot, ND
Community
Rocks
Community Rocks, Inc.
Saturday, August 24, 2024
7 PM | MSU Amphitheater
Minot, ND
A Dream Team:
Mozart & Mendelssohn
Bismarck Mandan Symphony
Saturday, September 21, 2024
7:30 PM | Belle Mehus
Bismarck, ND
Keeping Love in the Circle Around Me
Dakota Pro Musica
Saturday, October 5, 2024
6 PM | Trinity Lutheran Church
Turtle Lake, ND
NW Festival of Music:
Cantabile Choir
Minot State University
Saturday, November 2, 2024
3 PM | Ann Nicole Nelson Hall
Minot, ND
A Renaissance
Christmas Feast
Minot Chamber Chorale
Saturday, December 7, 2024
7 PM | Regency Event Center
Minot, ND
Family Concert
Side-by-Side Festival
Minot Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, February 8, 2025
3 PM | Ann Nicole Nelson Hall
Minot, ND
St. John Passion of
J.S. Bach
Dakota Pro Musica
Saturday, March 22, 2025
TBD
Bismarck, ND
La Bohème
by Giacomo Puccini
Western Plains Opera
Friday, September 6, 2024
7 PM | Ann Nicole Nelson Hall
Minot, ND
"Strum"
MVCO
Missouri Valley Chamber Orchestra
Saturday, September 29, 2024
3 PM | Shepherd of the Valley Church
Bismarck, ND
Keeping Love in the Circle Around Me
Dakota Pro Musica
Sunday, October 6, 2024
3 PM | Trinity Lutheran Church
Bismarck, ND
Fall
Concert
Voices of Note
Sunday, November 3, 2024
3 PM | Cornerstone Church
Minot, ND
Handel's
Messiah
Messiah Festival Orchestra
Sunday, December 8, 2024
4 PM | Ann Nicole Nelson Hall
Minot, ND
Requiem for Solace
by Kim Andre Arneson
Minot Chamber Chorale
Sunday, February 23, 2025
TBD
Minot, ND
Community
Rocks
Community Rocks, Inc.
Saturday, April 5, 2025
7 PM | Clarion Hotel
Minot, ND
