Ronald has been a frequent guest conductor with the Milwaukee Symphony since 1998. He has also served as guest conductor with the following: Milwaukee Ballet Orchestra, Milwaukee Chamber Orchestra, Colorado Springs Symphony, South Carolina Philharmonic, Traverse Symphony, Sheboygan Symphony, Waukesha Symphony, Skokie Valley Symphony, Pueblo Symphony, Chamber Orchestra of the Springs, Soundscapes Chamber Ensemble, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Orchestra.
Ronald has been Conductor and Composer with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's Arts in Community Education (ACE) Program since 1997, and Guest Composer with the MSO in January, 2000. He was Adjunct Professor of Composition at the UW-Milwaukee from 1999-2006. Ronald served as Music Director, Conductor, and Co-Founder of the Broadmoor Pops Orchestra (Colorado) from 1992-98, Music Director and Conductor of the Pikes Peak Civic Orchestra from 1989-91 and 1994-95, Assistant Conductor of the Pueblo Symphony from 1989-91, and Music Director, Conductor, and Composer/Arranger for the Broadmoor Ice Revue Orchestra from 1985-95.
The music of Ronald has been performed and/or recorded by the Milwaukee Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony, Dayton Philharmonic, Amarillo Symphony, Charleston Symphony, Colorado Springs Symphony, National Repertory Orchestra, Garden State Philharmonic, Cape Cod Symphony, Lubbock Symphony, Traverse Symphony, Fox Valley Symphony, Kokomo Symphony, Ohlone Symphony, Plymouth Symphony, Pueblo Symphony, Wellesley Symphony, Winston-Salem Piedmont Triad Symphony, Lamont Symphony, Bloomington Pops, Broadmoor Pops, Aureole, Da Vinci String Quartet, Ecletix, Juilliard Brass Quintet, Present Music, Stephen Burns, Woody Herman, Bobby McFerrin, Heidi Grant Murphy, Doc Severinsen, David Shostac, The Four Freshmen, Dallas Jazz Orchestra, Air Force Academy Band (Air Force Band of the Rockies), Air Force Band of Liberty (Boston), Air Force Band of Flight (Dayton), Band of the Royal Air Force College, and leading chamber, collegiate, and military ensembles. His works include music for orchestra, wind ensemble/band, brass and percussion ensemble, string quartet, chamber ensembles, solo clarinet, solo guitar, chorus, children's chorus, jazz band, and electronic orchestration. He is the former Chief Composer for the United States Air Force Academy Band.
Ronald attended the University of North Texas and holds degrees from the University of Denver (MA: Orchestral Conducting/Composition) and the University of Southern Colorado (BS: Music Performance: Woodwinds). He studied conducting with Harold Farberman, Vincent La Guardia, and Daniel Lewis, and composition with John Corigliano and Donald Keats. Ronald won the 1993 America the Beautiful Commissioning Project and received ASCAP composer Awards from 1992-2007. Ronald's "...on the Wings of Angels," a joint commission for the Dayton Philharmonic and the Air Force Band of Flight, commemorating the 2003 Centennial of Powered Flight, premiered in May, 2003. His chamber orchestra version of David Carlson's "The Midnight Angel," commissioned by Milwaukee's renowned Skylight Opera Theatre, opened the Skylight's 2007-2008 season.
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