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In this episode, we are talking with the utterly delightful RL Rowsey.
R.L. Rowsey has spent his like immersed in the arts. From his start in Richmond, Virginia filled with piano lessons, church choirs and high school plays, R.L. has continued his love for the arts in a diverse and exciting career. After studying voice and piano at Virginia Commonwealth University and musical directing dozens of musicals at local theatres, R.L. moved to the Washington, D.C. suburbs where he spent time serving as musical director for a new American opera, singing the title role in Michael Nyman’s The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, teaching and directing at The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, The Studio Theatre, and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. After a quick return to Richmond as the associate producing artistic director for TheatreVirginia, R.L. was back on the road first as conductor, then company manager and finally general manager for one of the nation’s leading producers of national tours.
Almost twenty years ago, R.L. and his partner John Glenn moved to Hailey, Idaho to work with Company of Fools. In addition to his work as the Education Artistic Director for the Sun Valley Music Festival, he also serves as the music director for Light on the Mountains Center for Spiritual Living and conductor of Caritas Chorale.
