Larry Roark

Euphonium player in Austin, Texas, born May 15, 1955 and died March 6, 2001 in a car accident. Roark graduated from the University of North Texas in 1978. After pursuing graduate studies, he became host of the overnight show at NPR's Austin affiliate KUT. As a musician, Roark performed with the Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus Band, Austin Symphony Orchestra, the Creative Opportunity Orchestra, the Austin Klezmorim, the Vacillating Discombobulators, the B.L. La Cerda Group and others. In 1989, Roark founded the Music of the Spheres, a company that manufactures wind chimes.