Artist Bio

Ron Melrose

(Bio as of May 2023)

Ron Melrose (Music Supervisor and Additional Arrangements) Forty-seven years of arranging, music direction and music supervision, including nineteen Broadway shows, and productions spanning the world. Winner of a Helpmann Award (Australia’s Tony) for music direction on Jersey Boys. Music supervisor of Jersey Boys film, associate producer of Jersey Boys cast and Christmas albums. Music supervisor/arranger: A Bronx Tale (Broadway); Summer: A Donna Summer Musical (Broadway). Melrose has three additional projects in development. As a composer: Fourtune (Off-Broadway); The Silver Swan (NEA Fellowship); The Missing Peace (Washington’s Capitol Fringe); Early One Morning (liturgical one-woman musical); two Harvard Hasty Pudding shows; a gospel-based Requiem; and songs for Saturday Night Live. Education: Harvard (philosophy) and Westminster (choral conducting).