January 07 2009
Ron Davis is thrilled to announce a big new project for 2009: SymphRonica.
Ron + symphony orchestra. That's SymphRonica. Ron commissioned four composers / arrangers to work up eight of his original compositions (including Allelujah and The Climb), plus four covers (including The Way You Look Tonight and some J. S. Bach) for his trio and a full symphony. Result: a new sound. Rich. Multi-layered. Accessible. Different. Ron.
Six of the SymphRonica pieces will be premiered this winter. On February 7 (8:00pm) and 8 (2:00pm), Ron will perform with the Windsor Symphony, and its wonderful conductor John Morris Russell. The program is entitled To Oscar, With Love. Along with the SymphRonica tunes, Ron will perform selections with the trio, and two songs with Detroit vocal powerhouse Shahida Nurullah.
Watch out for more announcements about it throughout the year.
- Details of Ron's Windsor Symphony appearance February 7 and 8, 2009
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December 30 2008
Ron's latest recording The Bestseller has been named a Staff Pick for 2008.
Awesome!
- SoundProof - Bestseller - Staff Pick 2008 PDF
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December 04 2008
Ron is proud to be featured on Ten Million Songs - The iTunes Challenge. 100 artists trying to sell 10 million downloads on iTunes. Check it out!
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December 02 2008
Ron has begun as a regular keyboard columnist for Canadian Musician. The first one appears in the November / December issue, and is about the importance playing scales. Future columns will deal with the art of teaching, and the challenges of the music business.
Canadian Musician is the magazine for Canadian professional and amateur musicians. Published since 1979, it is available throughout the country. It is a special honour for Ron to write for his colleagues, and to have this national platform for his views and ideas about music and piano-playing.
- Read Canadian Musician online.
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December 01 2008
As much as he is a pianist, Ron Davis is also a composer. This side of Ron's talent has really emerged on his last there CDs Shimmering Rhythm, Subarashii Live and, just released, The Bestseller.
Ron is proud to announce a book of his songs. Rhythmaron: The Music of Ron Davis is a deluxe printing of 23 original compositions by Ron. A mixture of uptempo songs (Whirlycurl, Pawpwalk) and lyrical ballads (Allelujah, Down By 3), all of them bear Ron's stamp of originality. The songs are written out for play on the piano, with melody, bass and chords.
As well as being a book of beautiful music, Rhythmaron: The Music of Ron Davis is a beautiful book: 9" x 12", deluxe typeset printing on heavy stock acid-free paper, sight-reading friendly, hardboard backing, copper-spiral binding, music is in "leadsheet" style (melody and chords), with an Introduction by Ron, and chord symbol chart included.
Rhythmaron: The Music of Ron Davis is now available through cdfreedom.com. A great Holiday gift for a music-lover!
- Click here to see and buy Rhythmaron: The Music of Ron Davis
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A brilliant adventure. On his latest recording, My Mother's Father's Song, Ron Davis embraces both his family's rich cultural heritage, and boldly re-engages with the jazz standard.
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