Ron Poster is an American musician known for being the official organist for the
Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston. The Bruins compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Division in the Eastern Conference. The team has been in existence since 1924, making t ...
, a position he has held since 2001.
Poster also played organ for all
Boston Celtics
The Boston Celtics ( ) are an American professional basketball team based in Boston. The Celtics compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Eastern Conference Atlantic Division. Founded in 1946 as one of t ...
home games from 2011-2013.
As a stadium organist, Poster prides himself on being able to play the right song at the right time in a fast-moving game, and being knowledgeable about current popular music.
Like other stadium organists, Poster uses social media to interact with fans in real time.
Poster got the job working for the Bruins after meeting their team’s director of game presentation at an event where he was working as a public address announcer in 2000.
They talked about hockey for a while and Poster showed him what he could do on the organ.
The next year, he was invited to audition before Bruins management and he was hired.
His organ is located in the upper levels of
TD Garden
TD Garden is a multi-purpose arena in Boston, Massachusetts. It is named after its sponsor, TD Bank, a subsidiary of the Toronto-Dominion Bank of Toronto, Ontario. It opened in 1995 as a replacement for the original Boston Garden and has been k ...
, six stories above the actual rink.
Poster attended the
Berklee College of Music
Berklee College of Music is a private music college in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the largest independent college of contemporary music in the world. Known for the study of jazz and modern American music, it also offers college-level cours ...
.
He has played in a wide variety of situations including as an accompanist to dancers at the Boston Conservatory, being the music director for a popular dinner boat in Boston, and playing for events at Boston's
Museum of Fine Arts.
He also has had regular weekly gigs in Boston, playing at Les Zygomates Bistro and with Ron Poster & The Sinatra Ambassadors at Lucky’s Lounge, while also performing with his own band, the Ronnie Ron Trio.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Poster, Ron
Living people
Stadium organists
American organists
American male organists
Boston Bruins personnel
21st-century American keyboardists
21st-century organists
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American male musicians