Seventy members comprised of undergraduate and graduate students regardless of their academic discipline perform under Dr. Mark Laycock’s direction. Recent collaborations include performances with operatic bass Samuel Ramey, jazz guitarist Pat Metheny, jazz vocalist Tierney Sutton, the classic rock band Kansas, and the arena multimedia concert Video Games Live. Tonight will also feature Professor Aaron Robinson on Oboe. 

Mr. Robinson has appeared as a featured soloist, performing the Mozart Oboe Concerto in C, in concert with the Piedmont Symphony Orchestra and the Goossens Concerto for Oboe with the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory Orchestra. An avid chamber musician, Aaron has performed in a myriad of chamber ensembles around the country. From 2018 to 2020 he was a recipient of the UMKC Conservatory’s Graduate Woodwind Quintet Fellowship and a member of the Plaza Winds (UMKC Graduate Fellowship Woodwind Quintet). As an active orchestral performer, Aaron was recently appointed 2nd oboe of the Wichita Symphony. He has also appeared as a substitute with a variety of ensembles, including the Kansas City Symphony, the Dearborn Symphony, and the Michigan Philharmonic.

Doors Open at 7:30pm

Location: Miller Concert Hall located inside Duerksen Fine Arts Center