Ross Rawlings

Rawlings was born {Circa 1965} to Daryl Lee (née Prysock) and Dennis Scott Rawlings.^[3][4] His mother was a contract analyst for the Government of Maryland and his father was a collection agent.^[3][5] Ross Rawlings and his brother, Kevin D. Rawlings^[3] lived in Baltimore County, but later moved to Harford County, Maryland before middle school. He began taking piano lessons at the age of 3 and started a singing group in middle school that continued through high school. When Rawlings was 16, he was injured in a car crash while en route to the first orchestra rehearsal for a production of Seesaw at Liberty Showcase Theatre in [Randallstown, Maryland], [Maryland]. He was in a hospital for over a month due to broken ribs, wrists, kneecaps, sternum and fractured elbows.^[4] Despite the crash, Rawlings was able to conduct and play piano for the production. In 1993, Rawlings earned a Bachelor's of Science in Music Education and Piano from Towson University.^[4][6]

Rawlings became the resident musical director of Toby's Dinner Theatre circa 1989. For four years in the mid-1990s, Rawlings also taught at Atholton High School.^[4] In the early 2000s, Rawlings was the conductor for the national/international tour of Fosse directed by Ann Reinking/Debra McWaters.^[4][7] In 2006, he was the musical director for broadway revival of Sweet Charity.^[8][9] At Olney Theatre Center in 2012, Rawlings conducted and orchestrated a production of A Chorus Line and was the musical director for Little Shop of Horrors.^[10][11] Rawlings was the musical director of Rep Stage's 2014 production of The Fantasticks.^[12] Rawlings was the Director of Choral Activities and Piano at Glenelg High School 2012-2018.^[6] In 2017, composer Stacey V. Gibbs wrote a piece of music entitled Go Down, Moses for the Glenelg choir and dedicated it to the students and Rawlings.^[13] Rawlings was the musical director of the inaugural premier of the musical, Magic Under Glass, by the Columbia Center for Theatrical Arts under the direction of Toby Orenstein.^[2]

In the mid-1990s, Rawlings purchased a house in Columbia, Maryland where he lived for 16 years.^[4] As of 2018, he resides in Westminster, Maryland.^[3]