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Rob Mosher

A melodic, lyrical composer and performer, Rob Mosher is a musician well versed in the jazz and classical worlds, committed to furthering the growth and combination of the two. Specializing on oboe, English horn and soprano sax, Mosher is a proven creator with a uniqueness of voice and an interest in exploring genre fluidity. Recipient of a 2009 ASCAP Young Composer Award, Rob recently released his critically lauded debut CD Storytime--The Tortoise which has been called “heartbreakingly beautiful, with melodies that stop the listener in [their] tracks” by the Hartford Courant (2008).

As a composer and bandleader, Rob's ensembles further demonstrate a blending and furthering of jazz and classical music, including his 10-piece ensemble “Storytime” and a jazz quartet (Rob Mosher's Supervillains).

Canadian born and raised, Rob graduated with a music degree from the University of Toronto and participated in the Banff International Workshop in Jazz and Creative Music. Shortly thereafter, he relocated to New York City since 2004 where he is active as a leader and sideman. Venues and events recently played with his own ensembles in NYC include the Brooklyn Lyceum, Jazz Vespers @ St. Peter's Church, Make Music New York, Spike Hill, T.B.D.'s, Anna Maria Kellen Auditorium, Third Street Music School Settlement, and the ReneeWeiler Concert Hall.

Mosher's other musical projects include: the Rob Mosher String Quartet, a classical ensemble with soprano sax replacing 2nd violin and Soprano/Soprano, a classical duo with soprano sax and soprano operatic voice. Mosher has also appeared as a freelance oboist and performed and recorded often as a jazz sideman. He served as principal oboist in the Brooklyn Conservatory Orchestra in 2005-6 and was a member of the 40 Fingers Saxophone Quartet from 2001-2004.

Awards received include two prestigious Canada Council Grants to Professional Musicians (2003-2008) as well as a 2007 Puffin Foundation Educational Outreach award.

Future plans include recording a CD with his Supervillians jazz quartet and micro-releases of several classical chamber pieces.

Awards

2009 - ASCAP Young Composer Award
2008 - Canada Council, Grants to Professional Musicians (Individuals)
2007 - Puffin Foundation, Educational Outreach
2004 - Canada Council, Travel Grants to Professional Musicians (Individuals)
2004 - Canada Council, Grants to Professional Musicians (Individuals)


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Album Review

Rob Mosher: Polebridge

Read "Polebridge" reviewed by Alberto Bazzurro


Polebridge è una piccola località del Montana a un tiro di schioppo da quel Canada da cui Rob Mosher, polistrumentista ad ancia e compositore, proviene (attualmente vive a Brooklyn). Con tutta evidenza immune da soverchi limiti stilistici, Mosher dichiara esplicitamente che il suo intento è mischiare un bel po' di cose insieme: musica da camera, o classica tout court (cita esplicitamente Schumann e Prokofiev), con stilemi squisitamente country & western (non a caso Stephanie Nilles si divide fra un canonicissimo ...

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Album Review

Rob Mosher: Polebridge

Read "Polebridge" reviewed by Mark Corroto


Soundtrack music can complement a piece of cinema by adding suspense, describe the onscreen action or, in the case of a silent movie, provide the sounds of pratfalls and doorbells. The first spin of Rob Mosher's Polebridge could easily recall the soundtrack to a Buster Keaton silent film. The liner notes explain that the music is a soundtrack, there's just no movie. The story is all in the composer's head.The Canadian-born, now Brooklyn-resident saxophonist sets his chamber jazz ...

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From Far and Wide

A Chorale-a-Day Keeps the Blues Away

Read "A Chorale-a-Day Keeps the Blues Away" reviewed by Fradley Garner


To celebrate his 31st birthday, the New York-based, Canadian composer and soprano saxophonist Rob Mosher gave himself a challenge: writing 31 Bach-style chorales in 31 days. He started October 20, and at press time he was on target. “I'm a big fan of Duke Ellington's 'I don't need time, I need a deadline' approach," quotes Mosher. Every day he posts that day's chorale, so you can hear it on a keyboard as he blogs about it at robmosher.com and at ...

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Album Review

Rob Mosher's Storytime: The Tortoise

Read "The Tortoise" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


The compelling debut of Canadian-born, New York-based reed man and self-taught composer Rob Mosher is a thematic composition for his 10-piece ensemble Storytime. Using Storytime, featuring young composers and reed men Sam Sadigursky and Peter Hess, Mosher succeeds in orchestrating vividly sophisticated, highly melodic suite-like musical stories. These cinematic narratives reflect Mosher's diverse influences, ranging from Claude Debussy and Kurt Weill to Gil Evans and Wayne Shorter, while still bearing his singular compositional voice. The title represents Mosher's method of ...

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Album Review

Rob Mosher's Storytime: The Tortoise

Read "The Tortoise" reviewed by Troy Collins


The Tortoise is the debut of Canadian-born, New York-based multi-instrumentalist Rob Mosher's ensemble Storytime. The album's twelve tracks encapsulate a wealth of influences, which span everything from jubilant early jazz styles and rich classical forms to harmonically intricate post-bop and edgy free improvisation. A far more nuanced hybrid than the early experiments of the Third Stream movement, Mosher's efforts combine the pastoral impressionism of Claude Debussy and the lush orchestrations of Gil Evans with the stark modernism of Wayne Shorter and ...

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Performance / Tour

Composer/Multi-instrumentalist Rob Mosher Commissioned To Write New Music For Choral Chameleon – Winner Of 2015 Chorus America/ASCAP Award For Adventurous Programming

Composer/Multi-instrumentalist Rob Mosher Commissioned To Write New Music For Choral Chameleon – Winner Of 2015 Chorus America/ASCAP Award For Adventurous Programming

Source: Ann Braithwaite

Premiering Saturday, May 16 and Thursday, May 21 at Acme Studio, Williamsburg Choral Chameleon, winner of the 2015 Chorus America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, will premiere new music commissioned from composer/multi-instrumentalist Rob Mosher at Storytime: Part Two the final concert of its 2014-2015 season. The concert takes place at 8 p.m. on Saturday, May 16 and Thursday, May 21 at Acme Studio, 63 N. 3rd Street, between Wythe & Kent, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Tickets are $28 online at choralchameleon.com, $35 on ...

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Performance / Tour

Rob Mosher's Polebridge Brings Chamber Jazz For The Wild West To Five Canadian Cities June 28 – July 3, 2014

Rob Mosher's Polebridge Brings Chamber Jazz For The Wild West To Five Canadian Cities   June 28 – July 3, 2014

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications

Performances in Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, London, Cambellford Music Inspired by Polebridge, MT, Population 88 - Schumann and Prokofiev Drunk at a Saloon Piano When composer/multi-instrumentalist Rob Mosher rounded the bend into Polebridge, Montana and caught sight of the old saloon piano sitting derelict behind the local mercantile, his imagination soared. He sprinted straight over to the out-of-tune upright and began penning the music that he’ll be performing throughout Canada with his stellar band Polebridge and which is featured on his ...

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Performance / Tour

Rob Mosher’s Polebridge Brings Chamber Jazz For The Wild West To Gigspace Performance Studio in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 2

Rob Mosher’s Polebridge Brings Chamber Jazz For The Wild West To Gigspace Performance Studio in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 2

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications

Other Performances in Montreal, Toronto, London, Campbellford Music Inspired by Polebridge, MT, Population 88 - Schumann and Prokofiev Drunk at a Saloon Piano When composer/multi-instrumentalist Rob Mosher rounded the bend into Polebridge, Montana and caught sight of the old saloon piano sitting derelict behind the local mercantile, his imagination soared. He sprinted straight over to the out-of-tune upright and began penning the music that he’ll be performing throughout Canada with his stellar band Polebridge and which is featured on his ...

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Crowdfunding Campaign

Award-Winning Composer Rob Mosher's Fundraising Concert Monday, Nov. 15 Towards Recording His "31 Chorales" Kickstarter Project

Award-Winning Composer Rob Mosher's Fundraising Concert Monday, Nov. 15 Towards Recording His "31 Chorales" Kickstarter Project

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications

AWARD-WINNING COMPOSER ROB MOSHER'S FUNDRAISING CONCERT MONDAY, NOV. 15 TOWARDS RECORDING HIS “31 CHORALES" KICKSTARTER PROJECT Mosher Creates Bach-Style 31 Chorales in 31 Days in Celebration of His 31st Birthday In Midst of Raising $3,100 through Kickstarter.com to Record the Music “A gifted composer who offers a fresh and updated approach." —All About Jazz “Mosher does for music what Renoir has done for art." —JazzReview.com Award-winning composer and soprano saxophonist Rob Mosher will hold a fundraising concert for his 31-Chorales ...

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Award-Winning Composer Rob Mosher Creates 31 Bach-Style Chorales In 31 Days In Celebration Of His 31st Birthday

Award-Winning Composer Rob Mosher Creates 31 Bach-Style Chorales  In 31 Days In Celebration Of His 31st Birthday

Source: Braithwaite & Katz Communications

Rob Mosher is no slacker. The award-winning composer and soprano saxophonist decided to give himself the challenge of a lifetime: write 31 Bach-style chorales in 31 days in celebration of his 31st birthday and blog about the experience. The month-long project is already underway—it began October 20th—Mosher blogs his progress each day at www.robmosher.com and at http://kck.st/bsdEj8 updating about his compositional process and posting that day's chorale. In addition, he's in the midst of raising $3,100—through kickstarter.com—in order to fund ...

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Jazz Bands Led by Rob Mosher, Petr Cancura Play Brooklyn Benefit March 12

Jazz Bands Led by Rob Mosher, Petr Cancura Play Brooklyn Benefit March 12

Source: Peter McDowell Arts Consulting

Rob Mosher's critically acclaimed and quirky 10 piece jazz/classical band Storytime and Petr Cancura's buzz-worthy new musical project Down Home will be featured at a benefit for New York City based charity Rational Animal on Friday, March 12th at 8pm in the Great Room at South Oxford Space,138 South Oxford Street(Between Atlantic Avenue and Fulton Street)in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn. Tickets are $12 in advance (visit rationalanimal.eventbrite.com to purchase) and $15 at the door. Each ticketholder will receive ...

"heartbreakingly beautiful, with melodies that stop the listener in [their] tracks"
   - HARTFORD COURANT

"Mosher does for music what Renoir has done for art"
   - JAZZREVIEW.COM

"graceful, generous, lyrical...a musical odyssey well worth embarking upon"
   - BLOG CRITICS MAGAZINE

"strong, well crafted, highly arranged, listenable, and accessible music"
   - ALL MUSIC GUIDE

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Polebridge

Self Produced
2014

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Polebridge

Self Produced
2013

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The Tortoise

Point of Departure, WMPG-FM
2009

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The Tortoise

Old Mill
2008

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Quintette Marianne...

Productions Marianne Trudel
2007

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