Roger Bobo...

Now playing - Schubert's Serenade
This site updated on
17/06/13

VOLARE is finally here! more details

Roger Bobo, conductor
and brass legend

Brass Legend, Virtuoso Soloist, World Renowned Teacher& These are just a few catch phrases associated with Roger Bobo. He is in demand world wide as a teacher of all brass instruments, adjudicator at major international competitions, and as a conductor.Roger Bobo currently resides in Japan and teaches at the Musashino Academia Musicae in Tokyo. Prior to this move to Tokyo he served as faculty at the Fiesole School of Music near Florence, Italy, at the Lausanne Conservatory in Switzerland, and at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, England.

Click here to read the rest of Roger Bobo's biography.

 

 


From Roger Bobo's masterclass DVD "Tuba Profondo."

Shannon shows what happens when you think too much
about what you are doing - "paralysis by analysis".

 

My Birthday Sashimi at Ekoda Wakamiya

brass quintet

Haven’t driven a car in 8 years, don’t miss it!

on bike

Le Domaine Forget read more... Tuba Study in Japan: more...

New on this site:

Cherry Classics Music is pleased to announce a major new DVD recording: "TUBA PROFONDO"
- An International Masterclass with
ROGER BOBO and 8 young musicians

Direct link to order the DVD from Cherry Classics

Finally, Maestro Bobo's DVD masterclass is available (click to watch the trailer). Produced in Japan, it contains some of the finest musical advice and insight for musicians, students of brass and tubists. This may be some of the most valuable 2 1/2 hours spent in front of a screen.

Some of the works performed include:

  • * Strauss-Concerto #1
  • * Stevens-Variations in Olden Style
  • * Koetsier-Concertino
  • * Madsen-Sonata
  • * Schumann-Adagio & Allegro

Roger Bobo's thoughts in producing a DVD masterclass:
 "Throughout my student and professional days I have been inspired and motivated by watching many masterclasses (usually on television) presented by many of the great musicians of our time. It was many years ago that I first got the idea to try to create such a masterclass of my own but was always held back by thinking, "No, I’m not ready yet". The difficult fact is that I still feel that same "Not readiness". But having now completed 7 decades on this planet, it seemed prudent to proceed with the masterclass project, ready or not, and fortunately at this time a DVD seemed the perfect medium."

Recent blogs include:

  • * Art and Income (revised)
  • * Spectres Reunion
    * Spectres
    * Music Education - Japanese Style
  • * Brass Pedagogy and Moving On
    * Tricks, Masks & Shortcuts

Recent musical articles:

Roger Bobo Retrospective - Updike poem, Carnegie Hall and other historic reviews - click here

Roger Bobo on the Tonight Show - click here!

 

Reviews: Rainbo-bo, Roger's latest CD click here

Photos: Photos from Roger's time at the Annual Summer Tuba Euphonium Retreat, Shigakogen, Japan

John Stevens' MONUMENT , a new work for tuba and string orchestra commissioned by Roger in memory of Tommy Johnson, will be premiered by Gene Pokorny at the 2008 ITEC in Cincinnati, USA. More about this project


Roger is a regular monthly contributor to Pipers, Japan's most widely read magazine for brass and woodwinds.

Roger's incredible
Instrument Collection


Musical Articles
by Roger

Historic Photos
 of Roger and orchestra cronies
Copyright 2008 ROGERBOBO.COM