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Ronald W. Follas is a native of Ohio and received his Bachelor of Music degree from Bowling Green State University. He holds the Master of Fine Arts in Music Composition degree from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and has lived in North Carolina since 1977. He is currently living in Charlotte. Mr. Follas has been principal contrabassoon with the Toledo, Greensboro, Winston-Salem and Charleston (SC) Symphony Orchestras and has performed with the North Carolina and Charlotte Symphony Orchestras. During the 1994-95 season he was principal contrabassoon with the International Symphony Orchestra in Jerusalem (Israel) where he recorded the Mahler Symphony No. 5 with Loren Mazel and participated in a nation-wide television performance of Stravinsky's LE SACRE DU PRINTEMPS conducted by Yoel Levi. As a composer, Mr. Follas' works have been performed by groups as diverse as The United States Navy Band, the North Carolina Symphony Orchestra, the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, the Memphis State University New Music Ensemble and many other professional, collegiate, high school and elementary school organisations. His CONCERT PIECE FOR TUBA AND BAND, commissioned by David Lewis, is widely performed by professional tubists and the BALLADE AND ALLEGRO for Tenor Saxophone and Band, commissioned by James Houlik, is becoming one of the most often performed works by virtuoso tenor saxophonists. [Music]
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