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 About our Conductor
Ron Arden received his musical training at
Butler University in Indianapolis, a Masters from the University of
Nebraska in viola performance, and did doctoral work at the University
of Houston in voice and viola. A renaissance man in the truest sense,
for 25 years he has performed, taught, and conducted as an artist of
the first rank. Orchestral viola experience includes the Omaha
Symphony and Chamber Orchestra, Lincoln Symphony, Houston Bach
Society, Houston Grand Opera, The Florida Philharmonic, and Symphony
of the Americas in Ft. Lauderdale. Vocal/acting experience
includes performance as a free-lance artist in Omaha, with Houston
Grand Opera, and Class Act Broadway touring company of South Florida.
Ron as taught private voice and viola in each of the cities mentioned
above as well as being a featured teacher
for Elderhostel Continuing Education programs. Presently he is on the
faculty at Lake Forest College and keeps an active studio in his home.
He and his wife have toured the country for over 20 years and have
three recordings from their performing duo *A Cross Between*. They
have two children, Nikolas and Ivan and reside in Zion, Illinois where
Ron spent 5 years as Minister of Music, Worship, and Drama at a
large non-denominational church. Besides orchestrating worship there,
he was artistic director of the Zion Passion Play, Dean of the
Zion Conservatory, and Music Director of the Zion Chamber
Orchestra, twice awarded by the Illinois Council of Orchestras. In
2003 Ron founded and became music director of FullScore, an ensemble
of professional singers and instrumentalists on Chicago's north
shore. FullScore was the first orchestra invited to the newly
renovated Genesee Theater in Waukegan, and plays there regularly for
nationally known artists. Ron is highly sought as a musical director and
works as a consultant on the arts in worship. Enjoying a wide diversity
of performing and conducting experience, Rons reputation for
instilling excellence and artistry into musicians is his deepest
passion. Just to prove he loves all kinds of music, he became director
of the Arlingtones Barbershop Chorus in Arlington Heights in 2006.
From classical to Broadway, barbershop to gospel, Ron
comfortably communicates the beauty of great music.
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