Richard Rognstad Associate Professor of Music Department of Music College of Fine Arts University of South Dakota 414 E. Clark Street Vermillion, SD 57069 rrognsta@usd.edu .

Richard Rognstad has been at the University of South Dakota since 1986, where he teaches cello and bass, conducts the USD Community Orchestra, and plays in the Rawlins Piano Trio. Both his masters and doctoral degrees in cello performance are from the University of Colorado. He has been a member of the Boulder Philharmonic Orchestra, the Denver Chamber Orchestra, the South Dakota Symphony, the Casper Symphony, the Arvada Chamber Orchestra, the Animas Chamber Players, Colorado Music Festival, and Bach Aria Festival. A specialist in American music, Rognstad has received grants to present lectures and recitals in Colorado and South Dakota. He also selected the bulk of the repertoire for the Rawlins Piano Trio's recordings, released by Albany Records. He was selected five times to perform at conventions of the Society for American Music, whose newsletter has published his reviews.