Directors

Trey Johnson is now in his second "tour of duty" as director of the Round Lake Area Community Band. The Ft. Worth, Texas native has performed throughout North America and Europe as a horn player and conductor in venues ranging from the Grundy County Corn Festival to Carnegie Hall. He studied at Texas Christian University, the San Pietro a Majella Conservatory of Music in Naples, Italy, and holds a B.A. in Music from Thomas Edison State College.

For five years Trey served as a musician in the U.S. Navy, where he performed with Navy Band Great Lakes in the Chicago area, and the U.S. SIXTH Fleet Band and the NATO Concert Band in Naples, Italy. At Navy Band Great Lakes, he served as Drum Major/Conductor for the Ceremonial Band, and was associate conductor of the Wind Ensemble. During his time in Europe, he performed in 13 different countries and played for several heads of state, including President George W. Bush and Queen Beatrix of The Netherlands.

Trey was previously conductor of the RLACB from 2002-2004, and has also been conductor of the TCU Community Concert Band in Ft. Worth. He is an active freelance musician throughout Chicagoland as a conductor and on horn, and lives in Palatine with his wife Viktoria, a talented soprano, and their three (yes, three) cats.

Chris has been an active musician for over 20 years as a composer, conductor, performer, and teacher. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Composition from the Wheaton Conservatory, and a Masters Degree in Composition from Northwestern University, where he is currently finishing a Doctor of Music degree in Composition. As a composer, Chris has received awards from Wheaton College, The Elmhurst College Jazz Fest, and the Chicago radio station WFMT 98.7 FM. He is also a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), and has his music published by Pelican Music Publishing and Masterful Music (which he co-founded with his wife Sarah). An accomplished conductor, Chris has had the privilege of directing the Wheaton College Symphony Orchestra and Wind Ensemble, the Round Lake Area Community Band, the Trinity College Symphonic Band, as well as works in musical theatre and opera. Chris is currently an adjunct faculty member at Trinity College, where he has taught jazz band, aural skills, composition and conducting lessons, as well as directing the symphonic band. He is also the music director at West Suburban Community Church in Elmhurst. He, his wife Sarah, and their three children live in Elmhurst.

Steve's music studies began first on piano and then on horn. While attending the Vienna International School in Vienna, Austria he performed as horn soloist with a semi-professional chamber ensemble. In 1985 he returned to the United States to attend the Conservatory of Music at Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois.

While at Wheaton College, Steven conducted performances of the "King and I"; he was teaching assistant in the Theory Department for three years and studied piano with William Phemister. He graduated in 1989 with a degree in music education and returned to Europe later that year as a guest instructor (piano and conducting) at Bibelschule Bergstrasse, a Bible school in southern Germany. Completing that, Steven returned to the Chicago area to pursue further music studies.

Steven earned his Master's MMEd at Northwestern University while teaching middle school band in Lake Zurich, Illinois. He was also conductor of the Fox Valley Youth Symphony for three seasons and led them on to three European tours. He studied Conducting under Paul Wiens, John Paynter and Donald Owens.

In addition to his public school position, Steven teaches piano and theory privately and freelances on piano and horn. He has been involved with numerous musicals at the Prairie Center for the Arts in Schaumburg, Illinois. He currently lives in a northwest Chicago suburb with his wife, also a graduate of Wheaton College, two daughters and a son.

Trey Johnson brings with him great enthusiasm and talent to the podium of the Round Lake Community Band. He is a native of Fort Worth, Texas, where he attended Haltom High School and Texas Christian University. While at TCU, Mr. Johnson was a member of the Symphony Orchestra and Wind Symphony, often performing as principal horn. In addition, he was a member of the TCU Horned Frog Marching Band, serving two years as French horn section leader and was one of two undergraduate staff members his senior year. He was a founding member and conductor of the TCU Community Concert Band, and brings his experience with that group to the Round Lake Band. He has been conductor of the band since November of 2002. While at TCU, he also taught private lessons for several school districts in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and was a freelance musician in orchestras and theaters in the area.

In February of 2001, Mr. Johnson enlisted in the Navy as a musician and reported to basic training at Great Lakes, IL. Afterward, he reported to the Armed Forces School of Music in Norfolk, VA, where he was an accelerated graduate. Following graduation, he was assigned as a French hornist for Navy Band Great Lakes, where he currently performs with the Brass Quintet, Wind Ensemble and Ceremonial/Parade Band. He has been a guest conductor of the NBGL Wind Ensemble on several occasions, and serves as drum major and conductor for the Ceremonial/Parade Band. Mr. Johnson is also a freelance musician in the area and maintains a private studio of French horn students.

Besides music, Mr. Johnson also dances with the adult folk dance group of the Chicago Society of Danube Swabians in Des Plaines. He lives in Kenosha, WI with his wife Viktoria, who is a very talented soprano and the education manager for the Florentine Opera of Milwaukee, and their two cats, Sepp and Siggy.

Ms Joyce Rossdeutcher conducted the Community Band as well as serving as a member previously. She taught 3rd grade at the Murphy School and is a graduate of the Round Lake High School music program. She was a graduate of Quincy College of Music and was a principal clarinetist in the CLC Ensemble. During Joyce's Directorship the Band also traveled to Lake Geneva each summer for a performance and joined CLC for an annual concert each spring.