Background
Trogan, Roland Bernard was born on August 6, 1933 in Saginaw, Michigan, United States. Son of Ricardo Bernardo Trocano and Alicia Archangeli-Trocano.
Trogan, Roland Bernard was born on August 6, 1933 in Saginaw, Michigan, United States. Son of Ricardo Bernardo Trocano and Alicia Archangeli-Trocano.
Bachelor of Music in Composition, University Michigan, 1954. Master of Music in Composition, University Michigan, 1955. Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition, University Michigan, 1963.
Performing pianist (live, weekly) WKNX Radio, Saginaw, Michigan, 1947—1950. Associate conductor, composer-in-residence Saginaw Civic Symphony, 1954—1956. Fellow English drama University Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1956—1959, fellow in music theory, 1956—1960.
Lecturer in music City University of New York, 1958—1965. Director music Ecole Francaise, 1967—1969, Unitarian Church, Staten Island, 1967—1969. Instructor of piano Wagner College, 1968.
President Roland Trogan, Inc. dba Doctor Trogan's Music School, since 1975, Patrice Editions, L. L. C., Staten Island, since 2003. Private music instructor to internationally-recognized conductors, soloists, diplomats, and stage and film stars. non-affiliated, New York City, 1963—1971. Producer new music concerts performed by Henry Cowell, Wallingford Riegger, Max Polikoff, Paul Jacobs and Walter Trampler, New York City, 1966—1969.
Featured composer Carnegie Recital Hall private concert, introduced by H. Wiley Hitchcock and sponsored by Sybil Burton, Tom Poston and Harold Rome, New York City, 1968.
Republican Staten Island Museum, 1968.
Married Annette Patrice Ellams, March 31, 2001. Married Mona Jane Philpot-Trogan, February 6, 1971 (deceased 2000). Married Barbara Jean Mills-Trogan, July 10, 1955 (divorced June 22, 1964).
Children: Christopher Roland, Timothy Bernard.