Theatre Organist: Ralph Ringstad, Jr.
A native of Whippany, New Jersey, Ralph Ringstad, Jr. began his formal musical training at the age of seven. By seventeen he was performing along with Frank Cimmino on the 3/17 Wurlitzer at the Suburbian Restaurant in Wanaque, New Jersey. By eighteen, while a student at Ithaca College from which he earned a degree in music, he had made his concert debut on the 4/31 Möller pipe organ at the New York Military Academy.
A multi-talented musician, Ralph’s formal musical training includes not only classical and theatre organ, but also piano, cello, French horn and tuba. He has performed extensively on the tuba with orchestras and concert bands throughout New Jersey and New York. Ralph has concertized at many of the top theatre organ venues throughout the country including the Senate Theatre in Detroit, Long Island University, the Trenton War Memorial, the Thomaston Opera House, and Rochester Auditorium.
He has served as Organist and Music Director for several churches in North Jersey, andcan be heard locally playing a series of classic and silent films on a theatre organ at various locations.
Ralph has recorded a popular CD “One of A Kind” on the Trenton War Memorial’s 3/16 Möller Theatre Organ.
"Thursday
night was great at Newark Symphony Hall. Approximately 2500 people in
attendance,
Ralph Ringstad got many cheers and clapping. The whole event was
exciting." - June 28, 2001, Newark East Side graduation
ceremonies.
