Ronnie Hirschberg
Co-Founder and Host
Ronnie grew up in Western NY, forming his first band, The Underground, in 1985. After moving to Burlington, VT for school, he found a songwriting-improvisation balance with his band, ironically called Chuck. They played various colleges throughout New England and New York.
In The Late 90's, his path turned toward a career in medicine, and after nine years of school and residency training, he became a physiatrist specializing in trauma rehabilitation with emphasis on traumatic brain and spinal cord injury and polytrauma.
He has been fortunate to play with and perform for several of his patients and has seen the impact of music on recovery and the brain, and the impact that individual's recoveries have had on his and other's music.
In 1995, he recorded a self-titled compilation of jazz-influenced pop songs. In 2011, Ronnie began the Deer Mountain Songwriter Series to collaborate with musicians outside of Boston. He continues as a singer-songwriter and has been a proud Butler Frog since 2012.
Ronnie lives in Acton, Massachusetts with his wife and two children.