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Ron de Jong

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Edmonton (amiskwacîwâskahikan, Treaty 6), Alberta, Canada based drummer and improvised music maker. Proud official @skretasfamilycymbals artist!

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Hello friends! It’s time to get the music fired-up again at @bheartspace at St. Mary’s Anglican Church. To start things off, please join @paulnotsogroovy guitar & samples with myself in an improvised duo set that’s surely to surprise and delight. After our duo will follow the string/wire/thread quartet, de Draad Kwartet, with @aproudfoo harp, @jasonleescott guitar, guest ‘Draad’ @dr.nico_sounds bass & electronics, and yours truly drums & cymbals. Tickets will be available at the door (cash or card) and are only $10! Refreshments will be available through @bheartspace. We look forward to seeing many new and old friends. Definitely not one to miss! Many, many thanks to @jaredepp with Bleeding Heart Art Space for making this a reality and @keledejo for the brilliant graphic art for our poster and promotion. by @rmde_jong

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Endless thanks to Manny Skretas of SFCC - Skretas Family Cymbal Company @skretasfamilycymbals for my beautiful treasures of music making. Simply the very best. by @rmde_jong

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A wonderful evening of freely improvised music with the staggering and phenomenal @jasonleescott @johncharlestactic @allisonbalcetis @thomasfredmusic. Thank you to everyone that came out to support creative music in Edmonton; you’re crucial and special to these experiences. A very special thanks to @jaredepp @mustafarafiqq @s_patsula @bheartspace (St. Mary’s Anglican Church). Thank you to @keledejo for your beautiful graphic design for this concert and a few photos to remind us it actually did happen! Please check back for details on next month’s performance @bheartspace at St. Mary’s Anglican Church in the beautiful Highlands in Edmonton! by @rmde_jong

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Next Saturday! We’re looking so forward to sharing our music with YOU! @johncharlestactic @jasonleescott @allisonbalcetis @rmde_jong @thomasfredmusic
Advance tickets through Showpass. Please check link in bio! by @rmde_jong

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Hello improvised music fans! We’re just over two weeks away from an evening of improvised music making with @johncharlestactic that is the duo of the resplendent @jasonleescott on guitar and myself on drums, cymbals, and percussion! Then we’ll follow with a trio experience with myself and the extraordinary and brilliant musical talents @allisonbalcetis saxophones and @thomasfredmusic @thomgolub bass guitar! Tickets available through Showpass in advance for $10 and at the door for $15 (cash and card accepted). A huge shout out to @jaredepp and @bheartspace for hosting this wonderful evening for us. Refreshments will be available through Bleeding Heart AS with St. Mary’s Anglican Church selling hand made samosas to nosh! Come on out, bring a friend(s), and enjoy an experience that cannot be repeated! “When you hear music, after it’s over, it’s gone, in the air. You can never capture it again.” - Eric Dolphy taken in St. Mary's Anglican Church - Edmonton by @rmde_jong

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Hello improvised music lovers! In just over a month from now (September 26) I will have the very distinct pleasure of performing and making music with the brilliant and sublime @jasonleescott on guitar as one half of our guitar/drum duo known as @johncharlestactic. But that’s not it, folks! I also am lucky beyond words to play in trio configuration with the otherworldly talents @allisonbalcetis on saxophone(s) and @thomgolub @thomasfredmusic on bass. The evening of music will take place at St. Mary’s Anglican Church in the Highlands (a multitude of thanks to @jaredepp with Bleeding Heart Art Space for making this all a reality!). Tickets in advance are $10 (+ VERY reasonable service fees) through Showpass (link in bio) and $15 at the door (cash or card). Please see the wonderful poster (endless thanks @keledejo!) for further details. See you all soon! taken in St. Mary's Anglican Church - Edmonton by @rmde_jong

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Excited to record with this group next year! I’ve been making regular trips back to Alberta building connections with musicians in my home province which has culminated into this group of amazing improvisers.

@rmde_jong @mustafarafiqq @jairussharif and myself with be in residence at National Music Center creating with their unique instrument library and documenting it all. Thank you NMC for providing the opportunity

The second video is a crazy chinook that broke the -30C streak when I was there in February performing with this group for New Music Edmonton.

When I left Alberta for school I wasn’t sure how often I’d come back but more and more I find myself homesick and longing to be back and spending time with friends and finding comfort in nostalgia . I’m glad that these musicians want to collaborate so we can share this special scene with more people. I’ll be sharing more of this project in the coming year!! by @rmde_jong

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2 months ago

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a night of improvised music! Internationally acclaimed guitarist and visual artist Jessica Ackerley returns to their hometown to work with an incredible group – Jairus Sharif from Calgary, and local favourites Mustafa Rafiq, and Ron De Jong. Their two-part set will begin with a solo guitar performance by Jessica Ackerley, followed by a group improvisation for quartet. Inspired by travels in the High Arctic, as well as the incredible natural environment of this province, the group will create something extremely special.

NME is also pleased to present a special guest for the evening, Jared Epp. Quickly becoming a key part of the experimental scene here as performer and presenter, Jared Epp is also a filmmaker, visual artist, and anthropology scholar. For this performance, he will premiere the first iteration of aggressive relaxation music, in which drones, noise, feedback and ambience, experienced like being under a waterfall!

For tickets or more information on the program and the artists, head to the link through our bio~

Accessibility
Mile Zero Dance Space (9931 – 78 Avenue NW, Edmonton): accessible building with multiple all-gender washrooms, 2 with grab bars. There is a wheelchair accessible front door with wave opener. The #523 bus stops at 99 St and 78 Ave, approx 120 meters from the venue (stop #1542 SB, stop #22729 NB), and the #8 bus stops at Whyte Ave and 99 St, approx 500 meters from the venue (stop #1035 EB, #2824 WB)

Street parking in the area, and guests should allow extra time to find parking during peak times. taken in Mile Zero Dance by @rmde_jong

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8 months ago

Join us for the 2nd Annual O.N.C.E. (Operations in Non-Permanent Collective Extemporization) music performance is on Saturday, February 21, 2026, at Felice Café in Edmonton. Doors open at 7:00 PM, with the show starting at 7:30 PM.

Inspired by the late British guitarist and improviser Derek Bailey and his Company music making performance gatherings. This year’s event promises again to be an enriching opportunity for invited musicians to create innovative and captivating improvised music through randomly selected ad hoc groupings.

We have a remarkable group of twelve musicians featured this year!
Alberta born, NYC/Honolulu based guitarist, visual artist, and composer (currently in their PhD Composition, University of Hawaiʻi) - Jessica Ackerley.
Sound artist, composer, instrumentalist, and sound technician - Nico Arnáez (PhD Music Composition).
Percussionist, O.N.C.E. founder and artistic director - Ron de Jong.
Guitarist and tunesmith - Paul McGurk.
Iranian born contemporary qanun (ancient Middle Eastern plucked string instrument) player -Afarin Nazarijou.
Saxophonist and recent U of A MMus graduate - Melvin Picazo.
Harpist and visual artist (interdisciplinary and sculpture) - Alicia Proudfoot.
Amplified w/ effects enhanced spinning wheel/weaving loom sound artist and textile/New Media artist - Kelly Ruth.
Guitarist, composer, and visual artist - Jason Lee Scott.
Iranian born pianist and performance artist - Maryam Soufisiavash.
Trumpeter and bandleader - Eric Weiden.
Calgary based soprano saxophonist, concert organizer, creative writer, spoken word artist, and poet - Jonathon Wilcke (PhD English).

Tickets $15 (+fees) at eventbrite... by @rmde_jong

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Hello one and all! I’m very honoured and pleased to announce that one month from today the 2nd Annual O.N.C.E. (Operations in Nonpermanent Collective Extemporization) @o.n.c.e._art Music event will be held on February 21 at the superb Felice Café @felicecafeyeg as part of their Felice Noir @felicenoiryeg arts presentation calendar. Doors are at 7 PM and music starts at 7:30 PM and runs to 9:30 PM. Advance tickets are $15 through Eventbrite (Link in bio!) and on Felice Café’s Noir website calendar, and $20 at the door. This year we will have twelve diverse, talented, and multi-disciplined musicians to collaborate through chance selected ad hoc groupings to create music through free improvisation. We are more than excited to have Jessica Ackerley @jessica_ackerley (guitar & effects) all the way from Honolulu, Hawai’i via NYC & Alberta; Nico Arnáez @nicodrailon (bass & electronics); Ron de Jong @rmde_jong (drums, cymbals, percussion); Paul McGurk (guitar, effects, & samples); Afarin Nazarijou @afarinnj (qanun); Melvin Picazo @melvin_picazo (alto saxophone); Alicia Proudfoot @aproudfoo (harp & effects); Kelly Ruth @kelly__ruth (amplified spinning wheel/weaving loom w/ effects); Jason Lee Scott @jasonleescott (guitar & effects); Maryam Soufisiavash @maryam_soufi_siavash (piano); Eric Weiden (trumpet) and Jonathon Wilcke @brawnyjonny (soprano saxophone). Tickets are limited, so don’t hesitate to get yours today! taken in Felice by @rmde_jong

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Reflections - Bug Incision @bugincision Ad Hoc Edmonton Edition on October 26, 2025 at the splendiferous High Line Brewing @highlinebrewing, Calgary, Alberta. An absolutely wonderful and extraordinary evening of improvised music making with Edmonton and Calgary friends - old, new, and very new! A huge thank you to Chris Dadge @chris.dadge and Jonathon @brawnyjonny for making it all happen! And to the musicians (in no specific order) Chris Dadge, Jonathon Wilcke, Thom Golub @thomasfredmusic, Nia Devetzis @n.d.drums, Jacob Tran @jacobtranmusic, Nate Waters @natetootshisownhorn, Eric Weiden, and Seyoung Lee. Until we meet again! by @rmde_jong

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My setup from this past Saturday with a selection of cymbal gems from incredible human and craftsman extraordinaire, Manny Skretas @skretasfamilycymbals. A wonderful and inspiring concert at @felicecafeyeg, presented by @felicenoiryeg, with my new group de Draad Kwartet with Thom Golub @thomasfredmusic, Alicia Proudfoot @aproudfoo, and Jason Lee Scott @jasonleescott! Thank you to everyone who came out to support us! More reflections to follow. by @rmde_jong

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