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| April 20, 2007 Award winning counter-tenor Mark Crayton and pianist James Janssen presented a concert of American and British song entitled "Native Tongue" at Northeastern Illinois University Recital Hall. The concert featured two songs by Ron, one of which was specifically requested by Mark. It was simultaneously broadcast on WFMT radio, Chicago's premier classical music station. This was Ron's debut as a composer over the air waves. |
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| January 13, 2008 Concert put on by the Wilmette Fine Arts Commission. The piece "Snowy Night" was performed by Hazzan Sarah Barton with piano accompaniment. |
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| March 8, 2008 Concert put on by the vocal instructor Karen Wichlund. The piece "Lily Manzer" was performed by Alyce Claerbaut, executive director of Jeff Lindberg's Chicago Jazz Orchestra. The piece "Raynor" was premiered by both Alyce and tenor Phillip Seward. Both pieces are from the song cycle "Sac Prairie People" by Ron, based on the poems of August Derleth, Wisconsin's most prolific author. |
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