Experience

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  CUNY Brooklyn College

  • United States

  • Professor

    • Aug 2018 - Present
    • United States

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  World Rhythm Academy

  • Brooklyn, New York, United States

  • President

    • Oct 2007 - Present
    • Brooklyn, New York, United States

    My wife/partner Chanda Burrage vice president of World Rhythm Academy and I are dedicated to changing the world through the arts, sustainable sciences, faith and community based initiatives. The World Rhythm Academy is targeted to at-risk youth around the world to teach, provide vocational skills and implant entrepreneurial concepts to help them develop global leadership, training, diplomacy toward successful outcomes.

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  SUNY College at Old Westbury

  • Professor

    • 2016 - Present

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  RoBu Big Band / RoBurrage Music Productions

  • Greater St. Louis Area & The World

  • Band Leader / Composer

    • Jun 2015 - Present
    • Greater St. Louis Area & The World

    This is a wonderful big band comprised of some of the greatest musicians in the St. Louis area. We came together to make a video/film documentary of our lives in the arts spearheaded by my personal story as a young musician.This is an ongoing project as we work on our branding and fund raising to support this artists endeavor.

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  RoBurrage Productions

  • CEO

    • Jan 1999 - Present

    I am the founder of RoBurrage Productions a global arts, music and entertainment company. We provide multicultural events to bridge gaps between ethnicities and communities through the arts and social engagements.

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  Independent Artist, Producer, Composer

  • The World

  • Drummer, musician, composer, producer, band leader

    • Oct 1959 - Present
    • The World

    Burrage is considered to be a virtuoso, exceptionally skilled and regarded as one of the best in the business at his craft. He has toured all four continents. Ronnie is a well-respected educator who’s biography is vibrant and dynamically diverse. He has graced stages with the who’s who of jazz such as Wayne Shorter, Sonny Rollins, Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Frank Morgan, Wallace Roney, Jackie & Rene McLean, James Moody, Gary Bartz, Archie Shepp, Reggie Workman, Joe Zawinul, Cedar Walton, Wood Shaw, McCoy Tyner, and Pepper Adams. Throughout his illustrious career he has been featured on over 100 recordings. His musical offerings are well suited for our jazz community where worldwide music festivals and booking agents can learn about his amazing musical history and latest release. Ronnie’s music is not only for the avid jazz fan to be fed but for the up-and-coming artists that need to open their ears to a historical thread of jazz history through his music,” says Jaijai Jackson, creator of The Jazz Network Worldwide.Music has healing properties, according to Burrage. “We have not yet begun to explore all that music can do for us, individually and on a global level,” he said. He believes music can provide one avenue to erase all the divisions and hate in the world. (Examiner.com)Prof. Burrage is known not only for his virtuoso ability with all forms of percussion, but as an innovative composer and program designer who can put together dramatic musical programs which are deeply educational and all together entertaining. I am writing these things because I think more people need to know Ronnie Burrage, who has been on the scene, like they say, and has been saying something musically, at a very high level." — Amiri Baraka “Mr. Burrage is articulate and interesting in my opinion because of his ability to communicate and entertain large and diverse audiences and I have followed and witnessed his work for many years.” – Broadwayworld.com (2013)