Sacramento Capitolaires

Our Director
Ron Black Ron attended both Immaculate Heart and Occidental Colleges in Los Angeles, majoring in Renaissance vocal and instrumental performance. He has also conducted both vocal and instrumental performances of classical works and musical theater. Ron sings bass in the Great Western Timbre Company, 1986 Far Western District (FWD) quartet champion and 1988 15th-place international semifinalist, and currently the fourth-place Senior Quartet finalist. He also sang bass with Rhythm and Rhyme, which placed 14th in the 1997 international competition. He has directed the Fresno Gold Note Chorus, a seventh-place international competitor in 1984 and 1985 and a consistent top-five finisher in FWD competitions from 1979 through 1999. Ron moved to Texas in 2003 to direct the Heart of Texas Chorus in San Marcos, which competed as a Southwestern District representative six times, and placed ninth in the 2008 international competition in Nashville. In addition, he coaches many quartets and choruses in the U.S. and abroad. Ron has been a part time faculty at Texas State University, San Marcos, where he conducted the Men's Chorus, but has relocated with his wife, Jo, to northern California to be near their grandchildren, and has recently assumed the directorship of the Sacramento Capitolaires. A past Singing Category Specialist and a former Contest and Judging Committee chairman, Ron currently judges in the Music Category. In his infrequent spare time he eats, sleeps, and writes computer accounting software.

Ron attended both Immaculate Heart and Occidental Colleges in Los Angeles, majoring in Renaissance vocal and instrumental performance. He has also conducted both vocal and instrumental performances of classical works and musical theater.

Ron sings bass in the Great Western Timbre Company, 1986 Far Western District (FWD) quartet champion and 1988 15th-place international semifinalist, and currently the fourth-place Senior Quartet finalist. He also sang bass with Rhythm and Rhyme, which placed 14th in the 1997 international competition. He has directed the Fresno Gold Note Chorus, a seventh-place international competitor in 1984 and 1985 and a consistent top-five finisher in FWD competitions from 1979 through 1999.

Ron moved to Texas in 2003 to direct the Heart of Texas Chorus in San Marcos, which competed as a Southwestern District representative six times, and placed ninth in the 2008 international competition in Nashville. In addition, he coaches many quartets and choruses in the U.S. and abroad. Ron has been a part time faculty at Texas State University, San Marcos, where he conducted the Men's Chorus, but has relocated with his wife, Jo, to northern California to be near their grandchildren, and has recently assumed the directorship of the Sacramento Capitolaires. A past Singing Category Specialist and a former Contest and Judging Committee chairman, Ron currently judges in the Music Category. In his infrequent spare time he eats, sleeps, and writes computer accounting software.

Ron Black