Robert Dilutis is currently the Professor of Clarinet at the University of Maryland, School of Music College Park and in his 1st season as Principal Clarinetist of the Annapolis Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Dilutis previously served as Professor of Clarinet at the Louisiana State University School of Music from 2009-2012. He has also held positions with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra San Antonio Symphony Orchestra and the Eastman School of Music. Mr. Dilutis has served on the faculties of St. Mary's University in Texas and Nazareth College in New York.
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A renaissance force to be reckoned with, the music of composer, vocalist and percussionist Tosin speaks highly of his African cultural background to the exploration of various genres like jazz, funk, rock, reggae and Afro-Cuban music. As a prolific writer, Tosin writes and sings in Yoruba, Pidgin English and English. Over the years, his musical influences have been folks like Tony Allen, Art Blakey, Bob Marley, Dennis Chambers, King Sunny Ade, Fela Kuti, John Coltrane, Majek Fashek, Keziah Jones, and Ebo Taylor.
A Grammy nominee, recipient of two Maryland State Arts Council Individual Artist Awards and Washington Area Music Awards "Best Traditional Folk Instrumentalist" Andrea Hoag is a foremost performer of Swedish folk fiddling in America. Her music has been featured on NPR's All Things Considered and Performance Today, at the Kennedy Center and Library of Congress, and at numerous venues around the U.S., Sweden, and beyond.
As a young child, Ricardo (Richard) Marlow was introduced to the guitar by his father, the eminent classical guitarist John E. Marlow. He went on to receive a degree from the James Madison School of Music (James Madison University) in 1997. Mr. Marlow subsequently took up the flamenco guitar and studied with master Gerardo Núñez, in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, Spain. Mr. Marlow has played for the Danza del Rio Flamenco Company, and with Paco de Malaga and Ana Martinez Dance Company.
Sara Pearson, co-artistic director of PEARSONWIDRIG DANCETHEATER since 1987 and associate professor at the School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies at the University of Maryland since 2009, has been creating and presenting "appealingly subversive, engaging, wry, and deeply affecting work" (The Washington Post) for the stage and alternative sites throughout the U.S., Europe, Latin America, Asia, and New Zealand. She is the recipient of a 2013 Dance Metro DC Award and a 1990 American Choreographer Award.
Ronya-Lee LaVaune Anderson is an artist who draws inspiration from the authenticity of Nina Simone, the grace of Martha Graham, the social consciousness of Bob Marley and the unapologetic style of Jimi Hendrix. For Ronya-Lee, music-and dance are avenues of expression, providing space to wonder, to speak, to invite, to challenge. With a Master's of Divinity from Duke Divinity School in Durham, North Carolina, a B.A. in Dance and a B.A. in English Language and Literature from the University of Maryland at College Park, Ronya-Lee approachss the arts through multiple lenses.
Stephen Clapp, M.F.A. is a choreographer, composer, perfonner, arts educator, writer and cultural activist. He is Co-Artistic Director of Dance Box Theater (with Laura Schandelmeier) and serves as the Executive Director for Dance Metro DC. Clapp and Schandelmeier have co-created and performed in eight original full-evening dance theater works, toured regionally and internationally, and received
William (Bill) Moats was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky. He holds a BA in Art and Anthropology from Western Kentucky University and a MA in Counseling Psychology from Regis University, Denver Colorado. After a 20 career developing exhibition graphics for the Unversity of Colorado Museum of Natural History and maintaining a successful freelance business, he relocated to Maryland in 2015 and returned to making art full time.