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rhowardcello@gmail.com
A native of Atlanta, GA, Robert began studying cello at age 12. Graduate of Rice University and San Francisco Conservatory of Music. He has studied and performed at festivals such as Tanglewood, Spoleto, Verbier, the Accademia Chigiana, and the Sandor Vegh Academy in Prague. Robert won first prize in the Rome Festival Competition and has received grants from the Maggini and Virtu Foundations. Robert has performed in the Festival Internacional de Musica in Costa Rica, the Festival de Guadarama in Spain, and on the Mostly Mozart series in Lincoln Center. He has performed with American Bach Soloists, New Century Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Baroque, and the San Francisco Symphony. A regular guest on many Bay Area chamber music series, Robert has also made concerto appearances with BARS Orchestra and Stanford Symphony. He has worked directly with composers such as Osvaldo Golijov, Gabriela Frank, George Perle, George Benjamin, and Jonathan Berger. Robert runs his own house concert series, concertsbythesquare.org, which combine thematically linked chamber music programs with food and short lecture presentations. A passionate teacher, he has made two trips to Kenya, where he taught and performed. He has coached at San Francisco Conservatory, Stanford University, San Jose State University, San Francisco State University, and the Conservatorio Superior Coruña in Spain.
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Schedule
2019
May 31 Saath: Strung Together- Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas
August 23, 8pm, Beethoven, Bruch, Janacek, Saariaho, Tucker, & Shostakovich with Kevin Korth, piano, Old First Church, SF
September 8, 3pm, John Zorn, Boccherini, Barriere, and more with Evan Kahn, cello, Maybeck House, Berkeley
September 15, 4:30pm, Haydn & Dvorak quartets with Helen Kim, Jessie Fellows, and Matt Young, Hospice Benefit, San Francisco
September 25, noon, John Zorn, Boccherini, Barriere, and more with Evan Kahn, cello, Throckmorton Theater, Mill Valley
October 27, 3pm, Ravel Duo with Wyatt Underhill, violin, Sierra Chamber Society, Walnut Creek
November 3, 2:30pm, Beethoven A major sonata with Gwen Mok, piano, JCC, Los Gatos
November 16, 3pm, Beethoven A major sonata with Gwen Mok, piano, San Jose State University
2020
February 11, 12:30pm, Cello Quartets with Emil Miland, Tanya Tomkins, and Angela Lee, JCC, Palo Alto
January 17, 8:00 pm, Haydn, Shostakovich and Brahms trios with Delphi Trio, Santa Rosa Junior College
January 26, 3:00 pm, Bridge String Quartet with Helen Kim, Jessie Fellows, and Katie Kadarauch, Sierra Chamber Music Society
February 11, 12:00 pm, with Emil Miland, Angela Lee, and Evan Kahn, Palo Alto Jewish Community Center
February 16, 5:30 pm, Bloch, Shostakovich, and Messaien with Liana Berube and Allegra Chapman, Concerts By The Square
February 23, 4:00 pm, Notes for Nourishment, Mission Dolores
March 8, 11:00 am, Beethoven Cello Sonata with Gwendolyn Mok, Campbell Hall, Stanford University
March 8, 5:30 pm, Ravel, Rosza, and Bach with Wyatt Underhill, Concerts By The Square
March 10, 8:00 pm, Philharmonia Baroque Sessions with Tanya Tomkins, Bing Concert Hall Studio, Stanford
March 21, 7:00 pm, As The Nile Flows: Hamza El Din Retrospective with Joan Jeanrenaud, Theresa Wong, & Alex Kelly, Presidio Theatre
May 7, 7:00 pm, John Adams' Shaker Loops with St. Lawrence Quartet, Helen Kim, Sam Adams, Stanford Live, Bing Concert Hall Studio
May 10, 2:00 pm, John Adams' Shaker Loops with St. Lawrence Quartet, Helen Kim, Sam Adams, Noe Valley Ministry
June 6, with Francisco Fullana, Anna Pressler, Liana Berube, & Tanya Tomkins, Valley of the Moon Music Festival, Sonoma County Museum of Art
June 16, BAMPFA, Gala Opening

Shadows

Robert Howard
Classical ・ 2019

Shadows

By Robert Howard

Mentor

Starting in 2013, Robert began regular trips to Kenya where he worked with musicians of all ages. Based at Mt. Kenya Academy in Nyeri and the Mpesa Foundation Academy in Thika, he helped Form 1-4 students prepare for ABRSM exams, conducted ensembles, and performed on piano and cello. These photos from the June 2019 trip show students from Ghetto Classics, Nairobi School, and Kenya Conservatoire. He continues periodic lessons during the year via Skype and plans to return in early summer of 2020.

In San Francisco, he is music director of SF Civic Strings, a group of amatuer adults from all walks of life who convene weekly for string orchestra. A youth orchestra for adults, Civic Strings reflects Robert’s conivctions that quality and accessibility are not mutually exclusive and that old dogs can always learn new tricks.



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