New York City based musician and singer Ron Wilkins performs on tenor and bass trombones, euphonium, and tuba. He has performed at the highest levels touring around the world with his own groups as well as premiere artists. Ron is a member of the Grammy Award winning Count Basie Orchestra ( bass trombone ), the Birdland Big Band, Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band ( tenor trombone ), and runs his own New York City big band alongside trombonist Rebecca Patterson which features their writing and includes some of New York City's premiere musicians.

Ron’s uncanny musicianship has led him to perform in many diverse musical genres. He has performed with artists such as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Rosemary Clooney, Lena Horne, Bob Hope, Jerry Lewis, Dizzy Gilespie, The , Mingus Big Band, The Temptations, Johnny Mathis, Jimmy Heath, Jon Faddis, Eddie Daniels, Randy Brecker, Wycliffe Gordon, and groups such as The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Jimmy Heath Big Band, Arturo O' Farrill and his Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, The Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band and Small Group, Chris Potter Big Band, Ed Palermo Big Band, Affinity Brass Quintet, Uptown Brass Quintet, Livio Almeida Brazilian Dectet, Memo Acevedo's Building Bridges Band, San Antonio Brass, Capitol of Texas Brass Quintet, San Antonio Symphony and Festival Orchestra, Austin Symphony and Austin Pops, Mid-Texas Symphony, Victoria Symphony, Temple Symphony, and the Flint Symphony where he was twice guest artist for their summer pops concert series.

Ron recently recorded a new Concerto for Bass Trombone, Piano, and four French Horns by dynamic young composer Ethan Gurwitz. This exciting new work will be released on Apple Music, Spotify, and Bandcamp in spring 2024. His latest album, “TROMBOCALIST" ( Jazz Legacy Productions ) was released in August 2021, and is available at ronwilkins.net and streaming on Apple Music, Spotify, Box.com, and other sites.

Ron was recently trombonist for Funny Girl on Broadway, and has performed with numerous Broadway touring shows including "Frozen", "West Side Story", "Wicked", "The Lion King", Showboat", "The Producers", "Kinky Boots", "Book Of Mormon", "Shuffle Along" "Motown", and many others.
>br> Ron had been a featured artist on bass trombone at the 2018 Dutch Bass Trombone Open in the Netherlands, and jazz artist at the International Trombone Festival in 2002 at the University of North Texas. He is a world-renowned bandleader performing with his duo, trio, quartet, and quintet across the US, EU, Japan, and Russia. He is a military veteran, having served in the United States Air Force Band Of The West, Lackland AFB in San Antonio.

Ron also has an extensive background as an educator. He has taught Jazz, Classical, and Latin/Salsa trombone methods at Texas State University in San Marcos, TX, the University of Texas at San Antonio, University of Incarnate Word, Texas Lutheran University, Northwest Vista College, and St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, TX.

Ron is an S.E. Shires trombone artist and plays Greg Black mouthpieces.