Maestro Allcott has been Music Director and conductor for Atlanta Ballet since the fall 2000, during which time he has conducted over 100 performances. In addition to traditional ballet scores, he has led musical collaborations with the Indigo Girls, the New Birth Missionary Baptist Church Choir, the Red Clay Ramblers, the Michael O'Neal Singers and the Atlanta Youth Choirs.

He underwent his formal conducting studies with veteran opera conductor Imre Pallo at Indiana University. In the fall 1996, Mr. Allcott was appointed the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra's Schmitt Conducting Fellow, a position he held for three years. In 1998, Mr. Allcott was named the first Herbert von Karajan Fellow of the American Austrian Foundation at the Salzburg Festival and has been a participant in the Nicolai Malko and Grzegorz Fitelberg competitions in Europe. He has conducted in master classes with Michael Tilson Thomas and Gunther Schuller with the American Symphony Orchestra League and the Conductors' Guild.

Previous to coming to Atlanta, Allcott was Associate Conductor and Director of Education for the Columbus Indiana Philharmonic and Music Director of the Columbus Youth Orchestra. For three years Allcott was Associate Instructor of Conducting at Indiana University. He frequently conducted the University's five orchestras and the New Music Ensemble.

Mr. Allcott is an accomplished cellist and holds cello performance degrees from Indiana University and Drake University. He is a candidate for a Doctor of Music in Conducting from Indiana University.