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Roger Grow
Tenor
Plainfield
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Roger is a singer, composer, and instrumentalist who currently teaches choral and general music at Crossett Brook Middle School in Duxbury, Vermont.
He sings tenor/countertenor/baritone with Counterpoint, is also the assistant conductor, as well as adding some percussive accents. Roger is also a member of AH! Cappella, a vocal ensemble sponsored by the Vermont Symphony Orchestra that performs concerts for Vermont schools. He has sung in Carnegie Hall, having been a soloist under the baton of John Daly Goodwin and Mr. De Cormier, singing Carmina Burana, Shout For Joy, Chichester Psalms, and most recently, Navidad Nuestra. With conductor Anthony Princiotti and the Dartmouth Symphony, he performed Carmina Burana, singing both the baritone and tenor solos. He has recorded on the Arabesque label with Mr. De Cormier, including The Emperor of Atlantis and The Jolly Beggars. Roger also recorded Dennis Murphy's A Perfect Day, and Bruce Chalmer's Berakhot with the Fyre and Lightning Consort. Roger has also been featured on Counterpoint's recordings on Albany Records, including Shir La Shalom, which features some of his arrangements.
As a composer, Roger received the commission for the 75th Vermont All-State Chorus Festival. His piece Atom Spin was performed in May 2002 at Burlington's Flynn Theatre. Warner Bros. has published his Short Mass. He was the Musical Director of The Voices Project, which was featured in The New York Times, and is currently completing the score for the Voices film Shout It Out, which will be released this summer. Roger also plays piano, bass, and drums, and composes for various jazz groups around central Vermont.
He lives in Plainfield, Vermont and has three sons, Chellis, Emerson, and Lincoln. You can learn more than you wanted to know about Roger on his website: rogergrow.com
Roger is the designer and web master for the Counterpoint web site.
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