Paul Rowinski has returned to the BSO after taking a 2-year sabbatical to conduct one of the ensembles of the Boulder Youth Symphony. Mr. Rowinski has been teaching children in the Boulder area to play violin for 30 years and is the founder and director of Woodsong Suzuki Violins. In addition to teaching a full schedule of private violin students, he is the conductor of Sinfonia, one of the ensembles of the Greater Boulder Youth Orchestras. Mr. Rowinski holds a Bachelor degree in Political Science from American University and a Bachelor degree in music from the University Of Colorado School Of Music, where he studied violin performance and Suzuki pedagogy with William Starr. In addition to his career as a violin teacher, he has been a regular performer with local community ensembles, including the Longmont Symphony, the Boulder Philharmonic, and the Timberline Symphony. When he isn’t teaching or practicing the violin, Mr. Rowinski enjoys bicycle touring, archery, and spending time in the mountains with his wife, Carolyn, and daughter, Hannah.
