Rick Rowley leads a diverse musical life. He performs regularly with many of the world’s finest instrumentalists and singers and his solo, concerto and collaborative concerts have taken him throughout the United States, to Europe and Latin America. Mr. Rowley has made several recordings of solo piano repertoire, chamber music and art songs.
Mr. Rowley is on the faculty of the Butler School of Music at the University of Texas. He coaches singers and works with collaborative pianists, has taught classes in German, French and American art song, singing and acting for musical theater and a history of musical theater on Broadway. He has appeared three times as soloist with the UTSO in music of Beethoven and Bernstein and performed concerti of Mozart, Beethoven and Shostakovich with student ensembles and conductors. He is heard frequently on broadcasts of live performances from the BSOM and his solo piano performances have earned him the Austin Critics’ Table award for Instrumentalist of the Year and 10 Best Performances of Music and Dance by the Austin Chronicle.
For several years Mr. Rowley was involved in theater and has been part of over 50 productions as actor, director and musical director. He also performed with the Austin Symphony as an actor in two “Beyond the Score” presentations and an evening dedicated to the music of Silvestre Revueltas, as well as concerto soloist in the MacDowell Piano Concerto No. 2.