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COM FAX: (973)569-3533PROFESSION: MUSICIAN/TEACHERBACKGROUND/EXPERIENCE: 1963 - "ON THE JOB", " ON THE ROAD " TRAINING WITH VARIOUS SECULAR AND GOSPEL MUSICAL GROUPS. DIRECTOR & ORGANIST FOR SEVERAL CHURCH CHOIRS IN THE NEW JERSEY/NEW YORK AREAS.

1965 - MUSIC SPECIALIST WITH NEWARK DAYCARE 100 PROGRAM 2 YEARS.

1967 - TEACHER/PERFORMER WITH VARIOUS MUSICAL GROUPS IN METROPOLIAN AREA1972 - 1975 TOURED WITH MUSICAL GROUP 'ECSTASY, PASSION & PAIN" AS KEYBOARDIST/SINGER. PERFORMED AND TRAVELED EXTENSIVELY THROUGHOUT THE U.S.A. AND ABROAD (SOUTH AFRICA, LONDON) WITH THIS GROUP BEHIND SEVERAL TOP 10 BILLBOARD ACKNOWLEDGED HIT RECORDS SUCH AS 'GOOD THINGS DON'T LAST FOREVER", "I WOULDN'T GIVE YOU UP" "ASK ME" AND MANY OTHERS.

APPEARED ON TELEVISION & RADIO SHOWS (MIKE DOUGLAS, DON CORNELIUS SOUL TRAIN, AND THE GEORGE WOODS DANCE SHOW OUT OF PHILADELPHIA). ALSO DID ACCUMULATIVE CONCERTS ON THE STAGE WITH EARTH, WIND & FIRE, KOOL & THE GANG, TINA TURNER, DRIFTERS, O-JAYS, STYLISTICS, BLUE MAGIC, HAROLD MELVIN & THE BLUENOTES, LABELLE AND MANY OTHER TOP 10 GROUPS IN THE 1970S. I WAS ALSO SIGNED AS WRITER/PRODUCER/RECORDING ARTIST/ARRANGER WITH ROULETTE RECORDS (HOME LABEL OF ARTISTS SUCH AS COUNT BASIE, BETTY CARTER AND THE OLDER DOO-WOP GROUPS SUCH AS FRANKIE LYMON & THE TEEN-AGERS).

1985 - MUSIC SPECIALIST NORTHSIDE DAYCARE PATERSON, NJ MINISTER OF MUSIC NORTHSIDE COMMUNITY CHAPEL PATERSON, NJ MINISTER OF CHURCH EDUCATION, YOUTH DIRECTOR, CHOIR DIRECTOR & ORGANIST AT NORTHSIDE CHAPEL DURING THIS TIME ALSO.

1991 - TAUGHT K-8TH GRADES IN PAROCHIAL & PUBLIC SCHOOLS 6 YEARS (MUSIC) N.J. STATE CERTIFIED.

1998 - PRESENTLY, MINISTER OF MUSIC/WORSHIP LEADER AT MADISON AVE. CHRISTIAN REFORMED CHURCH, PATERSON, NJ. ALSO CONDUCT A GOSPEL/JAZZ ENSEMBLE THAT EMPLOYS MUSICIANS FROM THE LOCAL COMMUNITY (COMPRISED OF PROFESSIONAL & COLLEGE MUSICIANS)ALL ARRANGEMENTS ARE ORCHESTRATED AND WRITTEN IN SOME INSTANCES BY RON FOSTER1999-APPEARED WITH MEL HOLDER (GOSPEL SAXOPHONIST) OKINAWA JAPANEDUCATION:1959 -HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA PATERSON CENTRAL HIGH1960 - CERTIFICATE FROM RADIOMEN "A" SCHOOL (COMMUNICATIONS & ELECTRONICS) LICENSED IN RADIO MORSE CODE FROM THE U.S. NAVY BAINBRIDGE MARYLAND.

SERVED IN THE U.S. NAVY 4 YEARS. HONORABLY DISCHARGED WITH E-5 RANKING.

1985 - KEAN COLLEGE, 6 MONTHS COURSE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION EARNING 4 CREDITS.

1986 - B.M. DEGREE (MUSIC EDUCATION) DISTANCE ED.

1991- A.A.S. DEGREE EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PASSAIC COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE PATERSON NJ1992 -M.M.T. (MUSIC THERAPY) DISTANCE ED.