A freelance and youth orchestra conductor, Britney brings energy and attention to detail in every rehearsal and performance. She was the conductor for the “Fanfare for Composing Women” concert on June 15, 2023 in Brookline, MA, conducting the world premiere of the orchestrated Piano Concerto in G minor by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel with piano soloist, Sharon Su. Britney was also the assistant conductor for the Eureka Ensemble in Boston, MA from 2020-2022. In addition to these professional appointments, Britney inspires and educates young musicians through her energic rehearsals and diverse programming. Britney has conducted regional orchestras in Connecticut, including the Southern Region High School Orchestra in January 2023 and Western Region High School String Orchestra in February 2022, programming pieces by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges and William Grant Still. Britney is also in her fourth season with the Greater Connecticut Youth Orchestras as the conductor of the Virtuosi Orchestra and her second year with the Miss Porter’s School Orchestra in Farmington, CT.

Recently, Britney was invited as a finalist for the Assistant Conductor scheme with the Chineke! Orchestra in London, UK. She was also the conducting fellow at the Lake George Music Festival in August 2024 studying with Roger Kalia, and a conducting apprentice at the National Music Festival in June 2024 studying with Richard Rosenberg. Previously she studied with Gerard Schwarz at the Eastern Music Festival Conducting Institute in 2020, with Joshua Gersen as a conducting apprentice with the New York Youth Symphony in 2015-2016, and with Eduardo Navega and the late Harold Farberman at the Bard Conducting Institute in 2015.

Britney Alcine is an assistant conductor with the Hartt Orchestra and previously with the Foot in the Door ensemble and Hartt Symphony Band. Before coming to The Hartt School to pursue her doctorate, she received her bachelor’s in music education from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University and her master’s in orchestral conducting from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.