Ronald Grosswiler, who edits the guitar parts for Ely Karasik, has been his colleague for 30 years playing all kinds of ethnic music with the band The Continental Drift. He has a B.A. (1959) and M.A. (1964) in music education from the University of Northern Colorado. He belongs to the Lute Society of America, the Guitar Foundation of America, English Lute Society and the Classical Mandolin Society of America. Ronald is a native Denverite and taught music in the Denver Public Schools.