Louis Rosen

Teaches at 92nd Street Y

Louis Rosen is a songwriter, guitarist, author, teacher and 2005 Guggenheim Foundation Fellow in Music Composition. Louis recently completed his twenty-sixth year of teaching the music theory and appreciation curriculum for the 92nd Street Y School of Music. He has released three albums with vocalist Capathia Jenkins: The Ache of Possibility (Di-Tone, 2009), One Ounce of Truth: The Nikki Giovanni Songs (PS Classics, 2008) and South Side Stories (Rosecap, 2006). The songs from these albums have been heard on hundreds of radio stations around the U.S., as well as part of extended interview/performance segments on Public Radio International’s Tavis Smiley Show, NPR’s Tell Me More and WNYC’s Soundcheck with John Schaeffer, as well as TV’s CBS Morning News.