Alan Henson

Alan Henson is the cello instructor at Grinnell College and has an active private studio in Ames. He is Principal Cellist of the Central Iowa Symphony, and plays double bass for touring Broadway shows at Des Moines Civic Center. He is former Principal Bassist of the Des Moines, Dubuque, and Waterloo/Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestras, and was the double bass instructor at University of Northern Iowa and cello instructor at Wartburg College in the 1990’s. He has performed with Cedar Rapids, West Virginia, Milwaukee, Green Bay, and Shreveport symphonies, as cellist of the Blue Sage Piano Trio, and as guest artist with the Montclaire and Pioneer string quartets. He studied at CU Boulder, Rice University, and UW-Milwaukee. He received the Leopold La Fosse Studio Teacher of the Year award from Iowa String Teachers Association in 2016.Alan Henson is the cello instructor at Grinnell College and has an active private studio in Ames. He is Principal Cellist of the Central Iowa Symphony, and plays double bass for touring Broadway shows at Des Moines Civic Center. He is former Principal Bassist of the Des Moines, Dubuque, and Waterloo/Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestras, and was the double bass instructor at University of Northern Iowa and cello instructor at Wartburg College in the 1990s. He has performed with Cedar Rapids, West Virginia, Milwaukee, Green Bay, and Shreveport symphonies, as cellist of the Blue Sage Piano Trio, and as guest artist with the Montclaire and Pioneer string quartets. He studied at CU Boulder, Rice University, and UW-Milwaukee. He received the Leopold La Fosse Studio Teacher of the Year award from Iowa String Teachers Association in 2016.