Ron is a bassist, steel drummer, arranger, composer, and educator. He began his professional career in 1977 as a bassist for the late Lord Kitchener’s Calypso Revue Tent. He is also is a Professor of Contemporary Writing and Production at Berklee College of Music where he teaches arranging, ensemble and steel pan performance as well as Caribbean music history. He has performed and recorded with many calypsonians including, the Might Sparrow, the Mighty Shadow and David Rudder. He also performed and recorded with ace composer and steelband arranger, Len ‘Boogsie’ Sharpe. He has also composed music for several of Trinidad’s television programs—most notably, ‘Gayelle’ and ‘Caribbean Eye’—and has been musical director for the Trinidad Theatre Workshop’s productions of Derek Walcott’s ‘Joker of Seville’ and ‘Dream on Monkey Mountain’ at Boston’s Huntington Theatre, and well as the premiere production of ‘Steel’ produced by the American Repertory Theatre. His popular recording includes ‘Calypsoldier’, ‘Reid, Wright and be Happy’ and ‘Precious Metals’. Ron has received many recognitions and awards including the Berklee Urban Service Award, the Caribbean Foundation of Boston’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Award and the 2016 Distinguished Hall of Fame Award from Trinity College—Trinidad—his beloved high school.