Ronald C. Dishinger
Founder and co-publisher of Medici Music Press, Inc., with his wife, Susan Post Dishinger, Ronald Dishinger has used his wealth of experiences to bring to students and educators the genius and joy of long neglected as well as freshly composed contemporary works, all selected and carefully transcribed for their instructional value.
Mr. Dishinger has a rich and prolific music background as a student, educator, and conductor through ballet, dance, opera, oratorio, chamber ensembles, and symphony.
Conductor
Charleston Symphony, West Virginia
Chamber Orchestra of New York
St. Louis Philharmonic
St. Cloud Civic Orchestra, Minnesota
Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra
Assistant Conductor
Aspen Music Festival and School
North Carolina Symphony (performed 64 concerts)
Oklahoma Symphony
Completing his undergraduate studies at Southeast Missouri State University, a Master of Music in composition and conducting at the University of Redlands, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in conducting and French Horn from the University of Cincinnati, with additional studies at Juilliard, his instructors included Morel, Mester, Zweig, Ferrara, Boutnikoff, Blomstedt, and Ehrling.
As faculty at Juilliard, he taught secondary conducting classes, chamber and contemporary ensembles, and was a cover conductor for Conlon, Morel, and Ehrling with the Theater and Concert Orchestras.
While conducting youth, community, and professional orchestras in the U. S. and in Europe, he had the opportunity to work with many iconic artists:
Mr. Dishinger has a rich and prolific music background as a student, educator, and conductor through ballet, dance, opera, oratorio, chamber ensembles, and symphony.
Conductor
Charleston Symphony, West Virginia
Chamber Orchestra of New York
St. Louis Philharmonic
St. Cloud Civic Orchestra, Minnesota
Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra
Assistant Conductor
Aspen Music Festival and School
North Carolina Symphony (performed 64 concerts)
Oklahoma Symphony
Completing his undergraduate studies at Southeast Missouri State University, a Master of Music in composition and conducting at the University of Redlands, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in conducting and French Horn from the University of Cincinnati, with additional studies at Juilliard, his instructors included Morel, Mester, Zweig, Ferrara, Boutnikoff, Blomstedt, and Ehrling.
As faculty at Juilliard, he taught secondary conducting classes, chamber and contemporary ensembles, and was a cover conductor for Conlon, Morel, and Ehrling with the Theater and Concert Orchestras.
While conducting youth, community, and professional orchestras in the U. S. and in Europe, he had the opportunity to work with many iconic artists:
Albers ▪ Ballanchine ▪ Blanton ▪ Boulez ▪ Ciechanski ▪ Danilova ▪ G. Dennis ▪ Diedrich ▪ Ell ▪ Entremont ▪ Fiedler ▪ Fodor ▪ Gimmel ▪ Graffman ▪ Hill ▪ J. Jones ▪ Kessler ▪ Krakauer ▪ Lensces ▪ I. Markevitch ▪ McCollum ▪ Mennin ▪ A. Moore ▪ Mushabac ▪ Pavitt ▪ Rasmussen ▪ Rose ▪ Severson ▪ Showell ▪ R. Siebert ▪ P. Smith ▪ Surinach ▪ Walker ▪ Warfield ▪ Worley ▪ Winslow
For nine summers, Mr. Dishinger was assistant conductor of the Aspen Music Festival and School where he initiated the Dorothy Delay Concerto Concerts, served as head of brass ensembles, conductor for wind-brass-percussion orchestral repertory classes and for student composer's works, as well as cover conductor for the Aspen Festival and Chamber Orchestras and special concerts – most notably the 25th Anniversary Concert for Courtland Barnes, and music editor for Bill Moyer's Journal for Aaron Copland's 75th Birthday celebrations.
Among the many gifted musicians with whom he conducted performances include:
Among the many gifted musicians with whom he conducted performances include:
Altenberger ▪ American Brass Quintet ▪ Bartlett L.Carney ▪ Carroll ▪ Church ▪ Dembow ▪ Djoick ▪ Eley ▪ Fitzpatrick ▪ M. Foster ▪ Gati ▪ M. Gibson ▪ Gilbert ▪ Gimmel ▪ Goeres ▪ Gudmundsdottir ▪ I. Hassman ▪ Hulbert ▪ Jenkins ▪ N. Kennedy ▪ Koopman ▪ Koornhof ▪ Krakauer ▪ Krieger ▪ Laufman ▪ F. Lee ▪ S. Lee ▪ I. Levin ▪ Lin ▪ Yo Yo Ma ▪ N. Mann ▪ Markarian ▪ McAfee ▪ McAlsan ▪ McDuffy ▪ Mintz ▪ Mishnaevski ▪ K. Moses ▪ Norris ▪ Ohtsu ▪ Oraschuk ▪ A. Peskunov ▪ M. Peskunov ▪ K. Plummer ▪ Rivers ▪ Sassmannhaus ▪ Savaldi ▪ Schultz ▪ Small ▪ Sonnenberg ▪ Spurlock ▪ Stephenson ▪ Strieby ▪ I. Swensen ▪ J. Swensen ▪ Tanaka ▪ van Sweden ▪ E. Wyrick ▪ Yoon ▪ Zazofsky
While conducting the Charleston Symphony in West Virginia, Mr. Dishinger developed a series of children’s concerts for local schools and collaborated with established and rising talents to bring a taste of vocal and instrumental works to outlying communities – an effort dear to him for the exposure he had as a youth. Soon thereafter, this passion to connect young people with music seeded the formation of Medici Music Press.
