Arlingtones Director, Roger Turek
We are fortunate to have Roger Turek, who
joined us in the summer of 2008, as our musical director.
A native of Conneticut, Roger received
his musical training at both Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey and the Royal School of Church Music in Cambridge,
England.
His doctoral degree in sight, Roger comes
to the Arlingtones with a broad background in choral music. He has served as music director for the University of South
Carolina theatre department, as well as a member of the choral music staff at Fort Lewis College in Durango, Colorado.
He has taught music in grades K-12 here in the United States and has toured Europe as a sectional director for America's Youth
in Concert.
In the world of musical theatre, Roger is
as comfortable on the stage as in the pit, having played the roles of Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof, Professor Harold Hill
in the Music Man, Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar, and Billy in Anything Goes. He has also conducted pit orchestras
for Godspell, Hair, Nunsense, Sound of Music, Hello Dolly, and Joseph and the Amazing Color Dream Coat. He has served as the
bass soloist for presentations of Handel's Messiah and Mozart's Requiem.
When not making music, Roger enjoys raising
and showing Doberman Pinschers and has been an active provider of Therapy Dogs International.
Roger and his wife Jill live in Bloomingdale
with their Maine Coon cat "Rufus" and their Bernese Mountain dog "Truman."
Roger is proud to be a part of the Arlingtones
and looks forward to a long association with us.
