✨ GUEST ARTIST FEATURE ✨ Winter Edition: Sing Your Song Cabaret's instructor, Ron Drotos, began improvising on the piano as a child, creating the dinosaur sounds he heard in his imagination. He spent his teenage years playing in jazz and rock bands, and in 1985 received a Bachelor’s degree in Music Composition from The University of Connecticut, where he studied with Hale Smith. During this time, Ron studied jazz piano with Dr. Billy Taylor, Walter Bishop, Jr., Harold Danko, and Ellen Rowe. From 1987-88, Ron worked as assistant to the baritone saxophonist Gerry Mulligan, and then began to pursue a music career of his own.
After moving to New York City in 1989, Ron served as Associate Music Director and created orchestrations for the Broadway musical Swinging On A Star, which received a Tony Award® nomination for Best Musical in 1995. Additional Broadway credits include Smokey Joe’s Café, The Life, and Fosse. Ron has orchestrated for the New York Pops Orchestra, with whom he has appeared several times at Carnegie Hall. He has been featured as Music Director on the 92nd St. Y’s famed “Lyrics and Lyricists” series, and has performed with vocalists Julius LaRosa, Judy Collins, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Nell Carter, and Giacomo Gates. In addition, Ron has taught at the Fairbanks (Alaska) Summer Arts Festival since 1999, where he has been inducted into the festival’s Hall of Fame.
Register today at www.fsaf.org > Workshops for your chance to learn from Ron this January!
Ready to take your Opera & Musical Theatre artisty to the next level? Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival's Opera & Musical Theatre Intensive Program is accepting applications now until January 15, 2025! Use the QR code to submit your application or visit the website www.fsaf.org > Workshops > Opera & Musical Theatre > Application Form https://forms.gle/dGkZHMZ7qPqx36aU7. Questions about the program or applications process? Contact us at [email protected].
FSAF OMT Applications open!
Ready to take your Opera & Musical Theatre artisty to the next level? Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival's Opera & Musical Theatre Intensive Program is accepting applications now until January 15, 2025! Use the QR code to submit your application or visit the website www.fsaf.org > Workshops > Opera & Musical Theatre > Application Form. Questions about the program or applications process? Contact us at [email protected].
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We are excited to have Jenny Stroyeck and Jim Levine return to Fairbanks to lead multi-level Marimba workshops this spring! Registration is open now on www. fsaf.org under the Workshops tab.
REGISTRATION IS OPEN! Plan to spend part of your February making a joyful noise with Bobby and Eustace in the FSAF Winter Gospel Choir. Register today at www. fsaf.org under the Workshops tab!
Registration is now open for two sections of Steel Pans with Guest Artist CJ Menge February 17-21, 2025. Whether you are a beginner, intermediate, or advanced Steel Pan player, there is a Winter Edition Workshop for you. The Beginning/Intermediate section is at 5pm and the Advanced section is at 7pm. Plan in advance and register to secure your spot today at www.fsaf.org!
REGISTER TODAY! Ready to take YOUR song to the next level? Secure your spot to work with fabulous NY pianist and coach, Ron Drotos, this January! More information and registration available at www.fsaf.org at the Workshops tab.
It's official! Registration for Winter Edition 2025 Sing Your Song Cabaret with Ron Drotos, Gospel Choir with Bobby & Eustace, and Steels Pans (Beginning/Intermediate + Advanced) with CJ Menge is now open on our website! Visit the Workshops tab at www.fsaf.org to secure your spot this spring!
Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival is proud to announce Winter Edition Gospel Choir with Bobby and Eustace! Be sure that you'll make joyful noise this February! Registration opening soon a www.fsaf.org
Next up on the Winter Edition line up is Steel Pans workshop with Guest Artist CJ Menge. Try your hand at the delightfully tuneful steel pan or take your steel pan technique to the next level under expert guidance this February 2025! Mark your calendar and stay tuned for registration details.
Sing Your Song Cabaret is coming back to Fairbanks for FSAF Winter Edition in January 2025! Mark your calendars and don't miss your chance to sing YOUR song with Ron Drotos this spring. Registration coming soon!
