10 Spoleto Court
Greenville, South Carolina 29609
(864) 239-3538 (R); (864) 294-2117 (O)
FAX: (864) 239-2115 Email: bob.chesebro@furman.edu
Website: facweb.furman.edu/~bchesebr
Married: 4 children
Present Position:
Professor of Music, Furman University, Greenville, SC.
The Charles Ezra Daniel Professor of Music (Endowed Chair).
Education :
D.M. in Woodwind Performance (with Distinction). Clarinet Concentration; Minors in Conducting and Theory, Indiana University
M.M. in Woodwinds, Indiana University
B.S. in Music Education, Univ. of Wisconsin at Stevens Point, (With Honors)
Clarinet Study with: Robert McGinnis, Clark Brody, Henry Gulick, John Denman, Kjell-Inge Stevensson, Kalmen Opperman, Hugo Marple, Robert Marcellus.
Bass Clarinet Study with: Linda Baker, Doug Graham, Howard Klug, John Warren, Tod Kerstetter, and Allan Rosenfeld.
Woodwind study with: Flute:Harry Houdeshel, James Pellerite, Carol Kniebush; Oboe, Jerry Sirucek, John Mack; Virginia Zeblisky; Bassoon: Leonard Sharrow, Roy Houser, Hugo Marple; Saxophone: Eugene Rousseau
Teaching Experience :
Instrumental Music, Hammond, IN Public Schools
Teaching Assistant, Indiana University
Furman University : Applied Woodwinds, Woodwind Techniques, Conducting, Woodwind Chamber Music, Music History, Symphonic Band
SC Governor’s School for the Arts; 1985, 2000, 2002-2006
Performance Experience:
Orchestral -
Greenville Symphony -Principal Clarinet 1978 – 2005; presently bass clarinet (Principal Oboe 1965-78).
Asheville Symphony - Principal Oboe/2nd/Eng. Hn., 1967-74, 82-85
Charlotte Symphony - Princ. Bassoon &; Princ. Oboe/Eng. Horn, 1968-73
Columbia Symphony - Principal Bassoon 1967-69
Hendersonville Symphony - Princ. Oboe & Princ. Bassoon 1974-1988;
Heritage Chamber Orchestra - Principal Clarinet (1995-present)
Anderson Chamber Orchestra - Princ. Clarinet (1993-95)
Solo -
Greenville Symphony (1967, 1968, 1972, 1995, 1997)
Hendersonville Symphony (1974, 1985)
Carolina Youth Symphony (1976, 1993, 1995)
Artist/Clinician, International Clarinet Society, Denver, (1977), Recital, Lecture
International Clarinet Society, London (1984), Recital
Presentation of programs for six S. C. MENC State Conventions
Presentation of programs for the SC All-State Bands (annually)
Numerous solo appearances with the Lakeside Summer Band Series
Chamber -
Numerous recitals (Clarinet/Piano) in Greenville area
Member of Galliard Woodwind Quintet
Performance of Mozart Quintet with Shanghai String Quartet for
International Chamber Music Series, (1994)
Residency Program for S. C. Arts Commission, (1994)
Series of In-School-Concerts, SC Arts Commission.
Conducting -
Carolina Youth Symphony (1972 -1997), over 250 concerts.
Greenville Little Theatre (1969 - 1973, 1979) 13 Musicals
Senior Choir Director, Our Saviour’s Lutheran, 1966-73
Interim Director, OSL Senior Choir; 2000-2001
Carolina Ballet Theater--Sleeping Beauty w/ Greenville Sym. Orch. 1981
S. C. Beauty Pageant Orchestra (1976 - 1982)
Several Regional All-State Appearances as Guest Clinician
Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra, ca. 1983
Major Choral Works Conducted
Honegger, King David; Handel, Messiah; Verdi, Manzoni Requiem; Faure, Requiem; Mendelssohn, Elijah; Beethoven, Choral Fantasy; Menotti, Amahl and the Night Visitors; Mozart, SolemnVespers; Shaw/Bennett, Many Moods of Christmas; Dubois, The Last Seven Words; Thompson, The Testament of Freedom
Shows/ Musicals
Chicago , Producers, Sound of Music, West Side Story, 1776, *Man of LaMancha, *Fiddler on the Roof, *Promises Promises, * Oklahoma, Kiss Me Kate, Sunset Boulevard, *Good Man Charley Brown, *Amahl and the Night Visitors, *Mame, 42 nd Street, Follies, Radio City, Funny Thing Happened, Music Man, My Fair Lady, *A little Night Music, *Camelot, Company, *George M, Robert Goulet, Chet Atkins, Debbie Reynolds, Loretta Lynn, Roberta Peters, Burt Bacharach, Duke Ellington, Red Skelton, Bob Hope, George Burns, Ringling Bros. Circus, Holiday on Ice, Disney on Parade, Lippizano Stallions, *Dave Boyer.
* Conducted
Operas
Parsifal, Magic Flute, Carmen, Coq d’Or, Street Scene, Scarlet Letter, Marriage of Figaro, Susannah, Tender Land, Nabucco, Amahl, Don Carlo, La Traviata, Aida, Il Trovatore, Elixir of Love, Andrea Chenier, La Boheme, Gianni Schicchi, La Forza del Destino, Faust, et al.
Publications- Articles in:
The Clarinet, Summer, Fall issues of 1983; Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall of 1984.
The South Carolina Musician 1979
The Greenville News- Several reviews
Achievements of Students
56 Students received 1st Chair in S.C. All-State Band (1967-2001)
31 Students have won the State Level of MTNA Woodwind Competition
6 Students have won the Division Level of MTNA Woodwind Competition
1 Student Winner of the Int’l Clarinet Assoc. Young Artist Competition 1995
8 Students have won positions with professional symphony orchestras
Keith Lockhart, a former student, was named Conductor of the Boston Pops