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 Ron
Largent -Trombone
Ron
Largent grew up in the Los Angeles
area, where he played Trombone in
various high school and area music
groups, including the original 1956
Disneyland Band, and the California
All-State HS Band and Orchestra. He graduated
from the University of
California at Santa Barbara in 1962
with a Music Degree, although he
played in both the USC Trojan Band
and the UCLA Bruin Band.
Following
graduation, he was commissioned in the
Air Force, being assigned to a
flying wing in England, but kept his
music active by playing in local
jazz mass groups as well as a
British Big Band. Following the Air
Force, he returned to Southern
California to enter the real
estate business. His avocational
love of music and bands centered
on directing the national award
winning Cavaliers Youth Band, along
with being the volunteer coordinator
of visiting bands at
Disneyland.
In
1970, he relocated to Redding, and
directed the All-Northwest Band
Review for high school bands until
1979, when he moved to Washington,
DC. While in our nation’s capitol,
he played in various bands and
orchestras, including a brass choir
with members of the National
Symphony brass. A job opportunity
took Ron and family to Columbus, OH,
where he continued to play in
various community and church groups,
including substitute trombone
for the Jazz Arts Big Band, a
nationally known and recognized
semi-pro band. In Columbus, he was
part of the Grace Orchestra,
accompanying such Christian music
artists as Sandy Patty, Larnell
Harris, Steve Green, and Amy Grant.
Returning
to Redding in 1999, he has played with the Rapture Brass
Choir, the Shasta Community Band, the Shasta Jazz Band,
and the Simpson College Orchestra. He plays 3rd Trombone
in the Straight Ahead Band. Ron is married (41 years)
to Audy, and they have 4 adult children and 6 grandchildren.
He owns Mustang Properties, a real estate development
company, and is a principle in Keller
Williams Realty.
Currently, he is also in Law
School to earn a Juris Doctor (JD) with
a specialty in Mediation-Arbitration Services. He is also
a retired Colonel in the USAF Reserve, having served for
28 years. "The Straight Ahead Big Band is a great
group, and I am privileged to be part of it".....
Ron Largent |
