The AK Orchestra: Setting the Standard for Music and Entertainment

Ron Friedman, Music Director and Orchestra Leader
It is rare to find a musician with a music career as diverse and successful as Ron's. He has recorded and toured with dozens of the top names in music and entertainment. Ron has performed on more than 9,000 professional recording sessions, from top-name pop groups to television commercials for Pepsi, Bud Light, United Airlines, McDonald's, and just about any other product advertised on TV.
	For nine years, Ron Friedman has been the music director and coordinator of the Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Fashion Show at Chicago's Orchestra Hall. This highly publicized and successful show includes more than 200 models and many celebrities. Ron was the music director, contractor, and business agent for the Allan Kaye Orchestras for 14 years before Allan's retirement from the band business. Having performed on stage with the biggest names in entertainment and organized hundreds of events for brides and grooms and corporations, Ron knows how to read the room at your party to ensure the elegance you want and give you and your guests a magnificent blast of a party!

Throughout his career, Ron has played and/or recorded with many of the biggest names in jazz and entertainment, including:
Frank Sinatra Styx Michael Jackson Aretha Franklin Natalie Cole Tony Bennett Gladys Knight Johnny Mathis	The Temptations Bernadette Peters Ella Fitzgerald Mel Tormé Liza Minelli Rosemary Clooney Big Twist   and the Mellow Fellows	Sammy Davis Jr. Dizzy Gillespie Woody Herman Tom Jones Corky Siegel The Ohio Players Ramsey Lewis and many more …
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