Ron Scales

Co-Founder and CMCH Managing Director

Ron is an arts and music professional with over 40 years of experience in the non-profit sector. He has extensive education and training in Arts Administration, grant writing, fund raising, and management consulting.

He was also a vocalist with the Rhapsody Jazz Vocal Ensemble who performed professionally with them for 12 years. Ron’s musical focus is humor in the black musical tradition.

Dr. Anne Lundy 

CMCH Music Director, Conductor, Violinist, Educator and Ethno-musicologist

Houstonian Dr. Anne Lundy began her musical studies on the violin. She received a Bachelor of music education in 1977 from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Master of Music in Conducting from the University of Houston in 1979. Dr. Lundy received her Doctor of Musical Arts from University of Houston’s Moores School of Music in 2015.

She has lectured extensively throughout the United States. In addition, Dr. Lundy has published articles on finding and performing music written by African American composers. In 1989, she is said to be the first African-American woman to conduct the Houston Symphony at Miller Outdoor Theater in Houston, TX.

She founded and conducts the CMCH Scott Joplin Chamber Orchestra, the William Grant Still String Quartet, and teaches violin and viola.