About

“Only a few of the early pioneers into contemporary music really gouged an eternal foothold in the music world…I believe that Ron Newman has been endowed with a good measure of that same musical intelligence and originality…This guy is definitely not just another piano player.” – Terry Buchacher, Tributary Magazine

 

• Film scores: I’ll Ride That Horse (PBS). The film was nominated for a Regional Emmy and won the Gold Award at the Houston International Film Festival. The Return of the Wolf to Yellowstone (KUSM TV), A Simple Story (American Wildlands).

• A song, The River, was the initial impetus for a Yellowstone Park benefit album to be produced in Nashville by Warner Bros., a compilation with songs by Hal Ketchum, Janis Ian, Norton Buffalo, Kostas, and others.

• Keyboards for The Great Northern Band, including openings for Willie Nelson and Terri Clark.

• Two CDs:

  • Animal Dreams – released as a proof-of-concept to demonstrate the viability of film music production in Montana
  • The Art of Melody: Christmas

• Various solo, duo, and combo appearances in jazz, pop, and classical contexts including as a concerto soloist and a rock band tour of South Korea and Okinawa.

• Appearances at the New Mexico Governor’s Mansion and for the “Creativity and Madness” conference, Santa Fe

• Improvising accompanist for The Spontaneous Combustibles comedy improv company.

• Composition/arranging of music for various television and radio commercials.

• Former pianist at The Lake Lodge, Yellowstone National Park

• Accompanist, Santa Fe University of Art and Design, Desert Academy, New Mexico School for the Arts, and Santa Fe Public Schools

• Assistant Band Director, Olney Schools, Olney, Texas. Olney won the Texas State Concert Band Championship.

• Masters in Music Education, Piano Concentration, North Texas State

• Masters in Computer Science, North Texas State

One Comment

  1. You are blowing me away! I knew you were SOMEBODY! How amazing , tremendous talent but first a good man!

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