Ron Walters Jr's guest appearances

Ron Walters Jr

Making It! with Terry Wollman

Joe Vitale

Paul Simon

Michael McDonald

Josh Groban

Jennifer Lopez

David Letterman

Quincy Jones

Al Schmitt

John Legend

Celine Dion

Jeremy Black

Peter Erskine

Phil Collins

Christina Aguilera

Linda Spilker

OwlTail

Barry Manilow

Ron Walters

Ron Walters Jr is a keyboardist, composer, arranger, producer, and conductor.  This Chicago native began his musical journey at an early age singing and playing drums in church.  Heavily influenced by the music of Walter Hawkins, Andrae Crouch, Duke Ellington and Count Basie, Ron fell in love with the piano and never looked back.  He went on to study with Chicago jazz piano legend Eddie Baker and composer/arranger William Russo.   Ron graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a degree in Composition and a minor in Conducting. In 2004, Barry Manilow took Ron "under his wing" as his new music director.  Ron moved to Los Angeles and has served as Barry's conductor/MD/keyboardist ever since. With Mr. Manilow, Ron has performed on stages and TV shows all over the world. His most memorable experiences so far have been conducting and performing for the Nobel Peace Prize concert in 2010, and conducting both the Los Angeles Philharmonic and BBC Concert Orchestra in 2019. His conducting and playing earned him an Emmy nomination for Best Music Direction for the PBS special: "Barry Manilow Sings Songs of The 70's".  Ron’s new Christmas EP "Incredible Love” is currently available on all music outlets.https://ronwaltersjrmusic.com/https://www.facebook.com/ronwaltersjr/https://www.instagram.com/official_ron_walters_jr/

Ron Walters Jr is a keyboardist, composer, arranger, producer, and conductor.  This Chicago native began his musical journey at an early age singing and playing drums in church.  Heavily influenced by the music of Walter Hawkins, Andrae Crouch, Duke Ellington and Count Basie, Ron fell in love with the piano and never looked back.  He went on to study with Chicago jazz piano legend Eddie Baker and composer/arranger William Russo.   Ron graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a degree in Composition and a minor in Conducting.  In 2004, Barry Manilow took Ron "under his wing" as his new music director.  Ron moved to Los Angeles and has served as Barry's conductor/MD/keyboardist ever since. With Mr. Manilow, Ron has performed on stages and TV shows all over the world. His most memorable experiences so far have been conducting and performing for the Nobel Peace Prize concert in 2010, and conducting both the Los Angeles Philharmonic and BBC Concert Orchestra in 2019. His conducting and playing earned him an Emmy nomination for Best Music Direction for the PBS special: "Barry Manilow Sings Songs of The 70's".   Ron’s new Christmas EP "Incredible Love” is currently available on all music outlets. <a href="https://ronwaltersjrmusic.com/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://ronwaltersjrmusic.com/</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ronwaltersjr/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/ronwaltersjr/</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/official_ron_walters_jr/" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/official_ron_walters_jr/</a>

Ron Walters Jr, (Music Director/Barry Manilow) - The Art of Music Directing and Enjoying The Journey