 Conductor, educator, author, and pianist, Roger Tabler is a versatile musician. Currently finishing his Doctorate in Conducting from West Virginia University, he also holds a Master’s in Piano from Duquesne University, and has a Bachelor's in Music Education with concentrations in horn and piano from Indiana University of Pennsylvania,. Recently, Mr. Tabler has studied with Maestro Mark Gibson at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music. In 1993, he was invited to participate in the international Conductor's Institute in Columbia, South Carolina, where he was chosen from fifty participants as one of six outstanding conductors. He has also conducted for composers Karel Husa, Libby Larsen, and Samuel Jones. Mr. Tabler has been the artistic leader of the Pittsburgh Philharmonic since 1996. He is the author of four theatrical concerts premiered by the Philharmonic: Sound & Sorcery: The Music and Magic of Halloween (a WQED-FM "Classical Pick of the Week"); Lincoln and Lee: The Music of the Civil War; The Greatest Music: A Tribute to the WWII Generation; and All Aboard! A Musical Train Ride. During his tenure, the orchestra has doubled its audience, increased its annual budget 400%, expanded its season to twelve concerts, and started an endowment. Mr. Tabler is also currently Music Director of the Pittsburgh Youth Pops Orchestra, an organization he founded in 1993. The Youth Pops is the nations first such orchestra, and they are in the midst of preparing a ten-day tour of Europe in the summer of 2007. Mr. Tabler was appointed Music Director of the McKeesport Symphony Orchestra in January 2003, where he served until 2005. From 1993-95 he served as Music Director of the San Damiano Consort. Besides maintaining these directorships, Mr. Tabler has guest conducted the Butler Symphony, the Edgewood Symphony, the Duquesne University Chamber Orchestra, the Choirs of the Community College of Allegheny County, the Three Rivers Choral Society, West Virginia University Choirs, and several Pennsylvania Music Educator's Festivals. Along with serving for two seasons as Assistant Conductor of the Slippery Rock University Orchestra, he has served on the music faculty on the Mt. Lebanon School District since 1991, and twice served on the faculty of the Pennsylvania Governor's School for the Arts. Away from music, Roger is an avid antique and book collector. He, his wife Cassandra, and their two children live in Pittsburgh.
Last updated on: 07/31/2007 |
Pittsburgh Youth Pops Orchestra
