Roger Cichy was born and educated in Ohio, at The Ohio State University, where he earned his Bachelor's and Master of Arts degrees. He has conducted college bands in Iowa and elsewhere, and recently at the University of Rhode Island, in 2021. An award-winning composer, he has been recognized by ASCAP for excellence in serious music, and earned an Emmy in 2016 for the film score for a PBS documentary “The American St. Nick“. His music has been recorded by College bands from all parts of the United States, as well as around the world. “Rich and vast“, “melody and creative orchestration“, and “accessible, colorful, and personal“ are some of the descriptive highlights of his compositions, according to the musical professionals that have conducted his music.

SILHOUETTE, for solo flute and chamber ensemble, was composed by Roger Cichy in 2002.
It was commissioned by the Luther College concert band, from Decorah, Iowa. The composer recognized that the flute has many dimensions, or silhouettes, so he wrote this work in five movements to feature them: a plaintive introduction, bluesy jazz, slow and in a minor key, a passionate ballad, and an animated and highly articulated dialogue with the ensemble.

The solo flute is accompanied by a small wind and percussion ensemble lending support and response to the soloist. It was performed and recorded by the Luther College concert band in 2002, and much more recently by the University of Rhode Island Symphonic Wind Ensemble, conducted by the composer, Roger Cichy, in December 2021. A few years ago, the Rhode Island Wind Ensemble performed another of Roger Cichy’s compositions called “Flowing Pens from Concord“, an homage to the well-known transcendentalist authors of that New England city.

Moriah Ramos is an accomplished musician and experienced music educator. She pursued her passion for music and received a Bachelor of Music from Rhode Island College and then a Masters of Music in Flute Performance from Long School of Music of Bard College. Along with playing piccolo and flute in the Rhode Island Wind Ensemble, Moriah also plays flute in a flute and piano duo, In Harmony. When Moriah is not playing music she is teaching it. She spreads her love for music as the music director at The Pennfield School in Portsmouth, RI where she teaches pre-school through 8th-grade music, band, and chorus. She is also the summer camp director at the Pennfield School. In her spare time, Moriah also runs and maintains a private lesson studio consisting of woodwind and piano students.

Moriah is the Rhode Island Wind Ensemble’s featured flute soloist on Silhouette, for Flute and Chamber Ensemble to be performed on Sunday, November 13, 2022, at Temple Sinai in Cranston, RI!

Rhode Island Wind Ensemble

Silhouette, for Solo Flute and Chamber Ensemble