Ross Rawlings

Ross Rawlings
Born	1966 or 1967 (age 57–58)
Education	Towson University (B.A.)
Occupations	Pianist Composer Music director Conductor
Awards	Kevin Kline Award (2010)
Musical career
Years active	1982–present

Ross Scott Rawlings (born c. 1966 or 1967) is an American pianist, composer, conductor, and music director.[1][2]

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

Year	Award	Category	Result	Work	Venue	Notes	Ref(s)
2010	Kevin Kline Award	Outstanding Dramatic Series	Won	Hairspray	The Muny	Tied with Diane White-Clayton	[14]
2015	Helen Hayes Award		Nominated	Memphis	Toby's Dinner Theatre		[15]
			Nominated	Spamalot			[15]
2018			Nominated	Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat			[16]

References

1. "Rawlings, Ross Scott". worldcat.org. OCLC World Cat Identities. Archived from the original on October 1, 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
2. Schelle, Crystal (July 24, 2016). "Smithsburg writer has novels turned into musicial [sic]". Herald Mail Media.
3. "Dennis Scott Rawlings". Cumberland Times. May 17, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
4. Rousuck, J. Wynn (May 5, 2003). "Don't call his music a bowl of cherries". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
5. "Daryl Lee Rawlings". Cumberland Times. February 17, 2017.
6. "Howard County Arts Council Announces Performers for CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS Gala". Broadway World. April 21, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
7. Leverone, Barbara (April 16, 2004). "'Fosse' kicks up a storm". Sarasota Herald. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
8. Morgan, Terry (October 12, 2006). "Sweet Charity". Variety. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
9. "Theater: 'Sweet Charity' ends with Ringwald". Orange County Register. November 22, 2006. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
10. Pressley, Nelson (August 5, 2013). "'A Chorus Line' at the Olney Theatre Center is a largely enjoyable re-creation". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on February 17, 2016. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
11. Pressley, Nelson (August 12, 2012). "Olney Theatre Center's 'Little Shop of Horrors' takes itself too seriously". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on June 18, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
12. Giuliano, Mike (May 12, 2014). "'The Fantasticks' -- time-tested and still sweet". Columbia Flier. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
13. Trobridge, Tracy (April 6, 2017). "Glenelg choir singing a new tune written just for them". Howard County Times. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
14. Newmark, Judith (March 23, 2010). "Kevin Kline Awards feature six ties". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
15. "2015 Helen Hayes Awards nominations". Washington Post. January 26, 2015. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on July 14, 2017. Retrieved March 5, 2018.
16. "Nominations for the 2018 Helen Hayes Awards". Washington Post. February 5, 2018. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on February 18, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.

External links

• Ross Rawlings at the Internet Broadway Database