“If you like wind ensemble music, this disc is for you. If you want to further explore Canadian music, this disc is for you. Heck, if you just want a great listening experience, Canadian Panorama is a disc for you.”
WTJU 91.1 FM, University of Virginia
Ronald Royer is a multi-talented musician who is active as a producer, composer, conductor, and cellist. While growing up and working in Hollywood, he developed a passion for all aspects of music recording. He had the opportunity to work at all the major recording studios, including Capitol, CBS, Disney, The Evergreen Stage, Fox, MGM, Ocean Way Recording, Paramount, Universal and Warner Bros. There he worked with top recording engineers and producers, joined the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (presently called the Recording Academy), and has been a voting member of the Grammy Awards for over 30 years.
For 12 of the CD recordings featuring Mr. Royer’s music, he has been involved in the administrative side of the project, with 6 as a producer. In 1999, Mr. Royer was asked to produce his first commercial recording, Romancing Chopin, performed by the Toronto Sinfonietta and released in 2000. Since then, he has produced five recordings for the Cambria Master Recordings label (Lomita, California) and was the music supervisor for a Canadian feature film Gooby with a full orchestral soundtrack.
His recordings have consistently received enthusiastic reviews, including ones for Canadian Panorama:
“In short, this recording and the music so beautifully performed on it are, and will continue to be for many years, a precious gift to us all in the year of our nation’s 150th birthday.”
WholeNote Magazine, Allan Pulker
“If you like wind ensemble music, this disc is for you. If you want to further explore Canadian music, this disc is for you. Heck, if you just want a great listening experience, Canadian Panorama is a disc for you.”
WTJU 91.1 FM, University of Virginia
“I can’t say enough about this excellent recording.”
bandworld.org – MagOnline
This is an album of firsts: first recordings of these Canadian works, first recording by these orchestral wind players from a suburb of Toronto. It is a contribution to Canada’s 150th birthday, and it is delightful.
American Record Guide, July/August 2017
Producer Credits, Cambria Master Recordings
Film Work
Starring Robbie Coltrane, Eugene Levy, and David James Elliott (star of “JAG”). A Monterey Media Presentation & Coneybeare Stories Inc. production. Written, Produced and Directed by Wilson Coneybeare. Music by Ronald Royer and Kevin Lau (PG-2009)
Current Projects as Producer