Ron Kischuck—Toledo Jazz Orch/Mardi Gras Ron Kischuck is in his third season as the artistic director of the Toledo Jazz Orchestra. He is also adjunct faculty of Wayne State University teaching both classical and jazz trombone and jazz trumpet, as well as an artist in residence at the Toledo School For The Arts and director of the Toledo Junior Jazz Orchestra and its educational programs. He is a Yamaha clinician and performing artist, the leader of The Masters Of Music Big Band, and The Tartarsauce Traditional Jazz Band. Ron is the owner of Brassworks Entertainment in Detroit and The Masters Of Music Conservatory in Royal Oak and the Detroit area’s most prominent trombonist. He has been a featured soloist with The Detroit Symphony Orchestra and has performed with the orchestra many times as principal or assistant principal trombonist. His Masters Of Music Big Band has backed up Johnny Mathis, Hal Linden, The Temptations, Natalie Cole, Gladys Knight, and Regis Philbin among others. Ron has 13 CD releases and is releasing three new recordings this year. He has recorded with Aretha Franklin, Vickie Winans, Tim Bowman, The Four Tops, The Temptations, Grand Funk Railroad, The Les Brown Band, The Emerald Sinfonietta, Russ Miller, Paul Finazzo, Bobby Murray, Stewart Francke, Karen Newman, Alto Reed, Jimmy Scott, Randy Scott, The Birmingham Bloomfield Symphony Orchestra, and is lead trombone on the Grammy winning soundtrack Standing In The Shadows Of Motown.
