Robinson's composition to be performed by symphony orchestra Sept. 20 at Fox Cities PAC

The Fox Valley Symphony Orchestra will perform a composition by UW-Oshkosh Professor Marty Robinson at their concert at 7:30 p.m. at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center in Appleton on Saturday, Sept. 20. The piece, titled Evensong, will be featuring trumpeter, Michael Henckel, who is the guest soloist for the program.

The piece was originally written in 2008 for a recital at UWO for trumpet and saxophone quartet, but was later adapted for performances in 2014 in Rome, Italy, for trumpet with string quartet, and then recently re-orchestrated for full symphony with trumpet.

Robinson's work to be played in Pittsburgh

Next month, the Pittsburg Symphony Orchestra will be performing a different piece of Robinson's, written for renowned jazz trumpeter Byron Stripling on Oct. 3-5.

Stripling has performed several of Robinson's works over the past 17 years with major orchestras around the country, including the Milwaukee Symphony, the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra and several others.

Composer's bio

A professor of Trumpet and Jazz Studies at UW-Oshkosh, Robinson is regarded throughout the Midwest as a versatile musician-trumpeter and composer of all styles, arranger, bandleader, jazz pianist, clinician and educator.

He holds degrees from Lawrence University (Bachelor of Music in trumpet performance), the Eastman School of Music (Master of Music in jazz studies) and Florida State University (Doctor of Music in composition). Prior to his appointment at UW-Oshkosh in 2004, Robinson served for 10 years as professor of Trumpet and Jazz Studies at Florida A&M University in Tallahassee, Florida, where he was recognized as Teacher of the Year in 2001.

A commissioned composer across musical spectrums, Robinson's works have been performed by the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, trumpeter Claudio Roditi, the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, the Atlanta Symphony, drummer Herlin Riley, the Sarasota Orchestra, saxophonist Joshua Redman, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, trumpeter Byron Stripling, the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra and the Philadelphia Pops Orchestra.

In addition to his orchestral and jazz ensemble works, Robinson has composed and arranged several works for wind ensemble, choral ensembles, brass with organ, a string bass concerto and numerous varied chamber works.

He is the composer and trumpeter on television music heard internationally that was used for HBO's The Sopranos, ABC's 20/20, Fox's NFL Films, PBS's National Geographic and CBS's U.S. Open Tennis Coverage, as well as for national ad campaigns for Hershey's chocolate, ADT Security, Gillette, Burger King, and NBC's ER. Robinson was inducted into the Neenah High School Hall of Fame in 2023.

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