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Ron Wheeler |
Tulsa Symphony Orchestra
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TSO Board
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Ron Wheeler
Ron Wheeler has been conductor of
the Tulsa Youth Symphony Orchestra
since 1972. He also teaches
Conducting and Music Fundamentals,
and is conductor of the orchestra at
Oral Roberts University, where he
has been on the faculty since 1996.
Mr. Wheeler taught public school in
Missouri and spent two years in the
77th Army Band after graduating from
the University of Tulsa.
From 1971 until 1995 he worked for
the Tulsa Philharmonic as a
violinist, and in various
administrative capacities. He has
conducted at music camps and
festivals in Oklahoma, Arkansas,
Tennessee, California, Oregon and
North Dakota.
He served in administrative
capacities for The Cascade Music
Festival in Bend, Oregon and the
Teton Music Festival in Jackson,
Wyoming. Mr. Wheeler has also
participated in conducting workshops
sponsored by the American Symphony
Orchestra League, and has
served on the faculty of Tulsa
Summer Arts, Oklahoma Summer Arts
Institute at Quartz Mountain and
Inspiration Point Fine Arts Colony
in Arkansas.
Mr. Wheeler has designed and
conducted concerts for young
audiences with the Tulsa
Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra and
the Sunriver, Oregon Music Festival
Orchestra, and has presented adult
educational lectures for the Tulsa
Philharmonic, Tulsa Opera, Tulsa
Public Library and California State
University at Los Angeles. Mr.
Wheeler is also an honorary member
of Sigma Alpha Iota as National Arts
Associate. His “extra curricular”
activities have included tennis,
photography, motorcycling and hiking
the mountains of the western United
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About the TSO...
The Tulsa Symphony Orchestra employs professional
musicians with the focused, collective, and ongoing
aim of presenting all kinds of music of the highest
quality. The TSO functions throughout the year, and
is comprised of self-governing “executive
musicians”—individuals who perform masterful music
and execute the many decisions involved in
sustaining a major orchestra. With a variety of
performances and concerts, in-school events,
community-engagement programs, classroom lessons,
collaborative master classes, and other such
appearances, the TSO intends to invigorate and
broaden arts education all across the City of Tulsa
and, further, the State of Oklahoma. Rebuilding and
strengthening the musical arts infrastructure of
this city and its environs will remain a key concern
and core value of the Tulsa Symphony Orchestra.
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