Ross Rawlings

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Ross Rawlings
Born1966or1967(age 57–58)
Education Towson University (B.A.)
Occupations
  • Pianist
  • Composer
  • Music director
  • Conductor
Awards Kevin Kline Award (2010)
Musical career
Years active1982–present

Ross Scott Rawlings (born c.1966or1967) is an American pianist, composer, conductor, and music director. [1] [2]

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Early life and education

Rawlings was born {Circa 1965} to Daryl Lee (née Prysock) and Dennis Scott Rawlings. [3] [4] His mother was a contract analyst for the Government of Maryland and his father was a collection agent. [3] [5] Ross Rawlings and his brother, Kevin D. Rawlings [3] lived in Baltimore County, but later moved to Harford County, Maryland before middle school. He began taking piano lessons at the age of 3 and started a singing group in middle school that continued through high school. When Rawlings was 16, he was injured in a car crash while en route to the first orchestra rehearsal for a production of Seesaw at Liberty Showcase Theatre in [Randallstown, Maryland], [Maryland]. He was in a hospital for over a month due to broken ribs, wrists, kneecaps, sternum and fractured elbows. [4] Despite the crash, Rawlings was able to conduct and play piano for the production. In 1993, Rawlings earned a Bachelor's of Science in Music Education and Piano from Towson University. [4] [6]

Career

Rawlings became the resident musical director of Toby's Dinner Theatre circa 1989. For four years in the mid-1990s, Rawlings also taught at Atholton High School. [4] In the early 2000s, Rawlings was the conductor for the national/international tour of Fosse directed by Ann Reinking/Debra McWaters. [4] [7] In 2006, he was the musical director for broadway revival of Sweet Charity . [8] [9] At Olney Theatre Center in 2012, Rawlings conducted and orchestrated a production of A Chorus Line and was the musical director for Little Shop of Horrors. [10] [11] Rawlings was the musical director of Rep Stage's 2014 production of The Fantasticks . [12] Rawlings was the Director of Choral Activities and Piano at Glenelg High School 2012-2018. [6] In 2017, composer Stacey V. Gibbs wrote a piece of music entitled Go Down, Moses for the Glenelg choir and dedicated it to the students and Rawlings. [13] Rawlings was the musical director of the inaugural premier of the musical, Magic Under Glass, by the Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts under the direction of Toby Orenstein. [2]

Personal life

In the mid-1990s, Rawlings purchased a house in Columbia, Maryland where he lived for 16 years. [4] As of 2018, he resides in Westminster, Maryland. [3]

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryResultWorkVenueNotesRef(s)
2010 Kevin Kline Award Outstanding Dramatic SeriesWon Hairspray The Muny Tied with Diane White-Clayton [14]
2015 Helen Hayes Award Nominated Memphis Toby's Dinner Theatre [15]
Nominated Spamalot [15]
2018Nominated Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat [16]

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