Ron Wasserman, bass

Since his first professional gig in 1979 at age eighteen, Ron has played well over 4,000 performances as a bassist in an unusually wide range of musical settings. About six-hundred of these have been of Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker" as the principal bass of the New York City Ballet Orchestra, a position he has held since 1988. He has been a member of the Westchester Philharmonic for over 15 years. He has also served or substituted as principal bass of many other orchestras including the Long Island Philharmonic, The Brooklyn Philharmonic, The American Composer's Orchestra, and the Bard Festival Orchestra.

For the past several years he has had the honor of substituting from time to time with the New York Philharmonic, accompanying them on two tours to the Far East.

In 2000 he appeared onstage at the New York City Ballet as a soloist in Miriam Mahdaviani's Diamond Project ballet, "Appalachia Waltz," becoming one of only a handful of bassists to recreate the music of Edgar Meyer. He has also performed onstage at the ballet in "Todo Buenos Aires," as part of a chamber group playing arrangements that he penned of Astor Piazzolla tangos, and in Peter Martin's Thou' Swell, in which he is part of a jazz combo on a set that looks like an old movie.

Ron attended Indiana University, studying bass with Stuart Sankey, and jazz performance with David Baker. He studied with the late, great David Walter at both the Manhattan School of Music, where he received his Bachelor's degree, and the Juilliard School, where he received the Master of Music degree in 1985.

Ron is also an active composer, with three CD's of original chamber and orchestral music to his credit. Information about his music can be found on his website: www.trilaterus.com.