Ron Warren is associate professor in theory and composition at Columbia Union College, where he has taught since 1990. An award winning composer/arranger as well as a performer on keyboards and Native American flutes whose works have been heard in important venues throughout the United States and Europe, he has been praised by The Washington Post for his "pensively evocative music" and "expressive and highly energetic" performances.

Warren's creative efforts have enjoyed the support of numerous organizations and ensembles, including the American Composers Forum, "Meet the Composer, Inc.", The Atlantic Center for the Arts, and the Contemporary Music Forum. He has also frequently served as musical arranger for Interact Theater Company’s award winning summer productions at the Folger Theater in Washington D.C.

After many years of listening to Native American music and attending powwows, Warren began learning Native American flute about three and a half years ago, wanting to honor his father’s ancestors and to continue to learn more about their traditions. He recently appeared as a guest performer on the flute with Jeff Ball at the Kennedy Center and at Musical Echoes in Fort Walton Beach, Florida, as well as in a concert and educational program at the Stone Ridge School in Bethesda, Maryland. The latter was taped for overseas broadcast by the "Voice of America".

Warren received a B.A. in music from Blufton College and an M.Mus. at Bowling Green State University. He has a D.M.A. from the University of Maryland where he held a Doctoral Research Fellowship for three years.

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