About the Composer in Residence
Rollo Dilworth is an active conductor, educator and
clinician who has taught choral music at the elementary,
secondary and university levels. He is a contributing
author for the Essential Elements for Choir textbook
series, published by Hal Leonard Corporation/Glencoe
Publications, and for "Music Express!" Teachers
Magazine. His research interestes are in the Areas of
African-American music and music education curriculum
and instruction. Dilworth is an award-winning composer, and
his choral compositions are a part of the Henry Leck Choral
series published with the Hal Leonard Corporation and
Colla Voce Music Company. His performing endeavors have
taken him to Europe, Asisa, Africa and Australia.
About the Associate Director
Ron Sowell is best known for his role as the musical director of the internationally acclaimed public radio show Mountain Stage.Ron Sowell is also a dynamic singer/songwriter, guitarist, performer and producer. In 1992, he released his first solo CD,Oil and Water, featuring ten original compositions. His story songs have been compared to John Gurka and Nancy Griffith, and his voice to James Taylor. As a performer, he has the gift to make a thousand people in a concert hall feel like they are sitting in his living room. He's engaging and funny and plays great guitar and harmonica. Whether making you laugh or cry, sing or dance, Ron Sowell exudes sincerity and grace rarely found in such an accomplished entertainer.
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