Z. Randall Stroope is an internationally recognized composer and conductor, having conducted concerts in 26 countries and published over 200 musical works.  Randall is the Artistic Director of an international summer music festival in Rome, and has directed music for Vatican mass many times.  Recent guest conducting engagements include Jakarta, Madrid, Milan, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Barcelona, Dublin, Stockholm, Berlin, Nice (France), and Tallinn.  In the United States, Randall has directed 43 performances at Carnegie Hall, 48 all-states, and numerous other conducting residencies, workshops, and performances at universities and festivals.

Randall’s personal publishing entity for several new works is on zrstroope.com, as well as music available through companies such as Oxford, Walton, Santa Barbara Music Publishing, and Alliance Music Publishing. Conversion of Saul,  Lamentations of Jeremiah,  Amor de mi alma, Tarantella, Dei Matris Cantibus, Christi Mutter, We Beheld Once Again the Stars, The Pasture, Revelation, I Am Not Yours, and a 3-movement brass/choral work titled, Hodie! (This Day). This past year, Randall wrote a‍ ‍30-minute choral/orchestral work, In Paradisum (available through this website (zrstroope.com) and also “Franklin” - a 30-minute (7-movement) work for chorus and orchestra, premiered at Carnegie Hall in April of 2026.

A Professor of Music at three universities in his career, Randall holds degrees in music education, voice performance, piano performance, conducting, and economics. He did post graduate conducting/score study with Margaret Hillis, Chorus Master of the Chicago Symphony and over a decade of composition study with Normand Lockwood (Prix de Rome winner) and student of the famous French teacher, Nadia Boulanger (who studied with Gabriel Fauré). Randall has a home/studio near Santa Fe, New Mexico and one on Merritt Island, Florida.