Ron Ghetti

Ronald "Rock" Ghetti U (1/25/05)

Ron was a Soprano Soloist with The Interstatesmen Drum and Bugle Corps. He was a Lyric Player with a sound that was so sweet to hear it made you crave more. He was The First Soloist from a Senior Drum Corps to play a note in Carnegie Hall at The Evening with The Corps Show. In the early 1960’s Ron ended his playing career and started to teach several of the Local Junior Corps in the area. Through this endevor he produced several Young Brass Players of the Highest Quality. Ron had a way about him that made you want to be a part of it. He used not only his skill as a Brass Player but his Charisma and Bigger than Life Personality to project concepts that made his students play above where they were capable of performing. Phrasing and Articulation were among the tools that he used to make the lines he taught sound a cut above the rest. Ron was also able to convey other attributes to his students , such as respect of other people and their property. Together with Art Nelson (a Percussion Instructor) Ron created the entire next Generation of Drum Corps People in The Pittsfield, Mass./ Albany, N.Y. Area. In 1975 Ron and Jeff Perkins Merged 2 Locale Corps, The Speigleaires and The Emerald Knights to form Avant Garde. Ron was Co Director of Avant Garde 1975 to 1976.

Ron's Solo work with The Interstatesmen can be heard through this link.

http://interstatesmen.org/gallery/audio/audio_gallery.htm

St. Louis Woman/ Tropical Heat Wave 1962

Who's Sorry Now 1963

Sad to say Ron Passed away in early 2005.

This is a Short List of The Drum and Bugle Corps that Ron Ghetti was involved with as a Performer or an Instructor. :

The Empire State Grenadiers

The Interstatesmen

The Pittsfield Sky Hawks

The Pittsfield Monarchs

The Pittsfield Cavaliers

The Pittsfield Imperials

The Wynantskill Killmen

The Ft. Edward Vagabonds

ST. Joseph’s Islanders

The Speigleaires

The Volunteers

The Golden Marauders

Avant Garde

submitted by Jay McBride

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