Rob McWilliams & Friends

Rob was born and raised in Melbourne and played professionally on the scene there in the late ’70’s and throughout the ’80’s including stints with fusion band McDonald’s Farm and mainstream jazz group Wilbur Wilde’s Blowout. Dr. McWilliams has also performed with a number of domestic and international symphonic and jazz ensembles including performances with the following jazz artists: Mickey Tucker, Bobby Shew, Pete Christlieb, Nat Adderley, Vincent Herring, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Eddie Daniels, Ed Shaughnessy, Andy Martin, Dale Barlow, Wilbur Wilde, and Paul Grabowsky.

From 1991 to 2014 he was resident in the USA where he was a professor of music at the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh directing ensembles and teaching courses in conducting, music education, and jazz while also playing & recording with many jazz artists in Florida, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.

He relocated to Brisbane in 2015 where he now freelances as a musician, educator, and conductor as well as working for Yamaha Music Australia as their Education Outreach Clinician and as a sessional lecturer at the Jazz Music Institute & the University of Queensland. Rob will be joined on this gig by a stellar lineup of musicians put together to perform standards and some of Rob’s original compositions spanning the last few decades.

Gig Details:

Thursday 19th September 2024
10 Exhibition St, Bowen Hills
Doors from 7:30PM
Music starts on the downbeat of 8PM
$20 ENTRY +BF & GST

ALL AGES (people under 18 need to be accompanied by a guardian)

LICENSED BAR

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