The brief history introduction helped the musical experience to follow, as listeners could hear the vernacular approach in Dvorak’s passionately emotional and almost syncopated style of classical but not so classical music.
Rob Gibson
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Savannah Music Festival: Our ‘gleaming musical treasure’
SAVANNAH MUSIC FESTIVAL Executive and Artistic Director Rob Gibson is now in his 15th year at the helm of the beloved local cultural event. This year’s edition promises an even […]
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Best Festival (that’s not Saint Patrick’s Day)
It just keeps getting better and better. A marathon of world-class music, the 2015 Savannah Music Festival brought in the luminous talents of artists like Dawes, Lucinda Williams, Dianne Reeves, […]
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Savannah Music Festival By The Numbers
“We have more than 300 hard-working community members who fill roles including ushering, merchandise assistance, hospitality, ambassadors for our education program participants, and street team marketing, among others. We could not present this festival without our volunteers.”
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A sound vision
Looking out the window of his sixth–floor office overlooking Reynolds Square, Rob Gibson points out that he’s within walking distance of the Lucas Theatre, the Trustees Theater and the Charles […]
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A different perspective on the Festival
Make your home in Savannah for long enough and it’s almost frighteningly easy to wake up one morning and realize you have inadvertently come to take the inherent beauty of […]
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The most entertaining tax write-off of the year?
AREA MUSIC LOVERS are no doubt “jazzed” to the max about the upcoming appearance by trumpeter Wynton Marsalis and his Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. The single biggest fund-raising event […]
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Bobby Lee Rodgers rings in the New Year
WHILE FANS OF SINGER (AND WHIP-ASS GUITARIST) BOBBY LEE RODGERS may know him best from his role as the frontman of the internationally known original pop-fusion band The CodeTalkers, this […]
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Savannah Music Festival Lineup Announcement Interviews
In anticipation of this week’s public unveiling of the lineup for the 2009 Savannah Music Festival, Connect spoke briefly with the SMF’s Communications Manager and Director of Marketing and Public […]
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The SMF drops it like it’s hot
Much to the delight of all manner of folks throughout our community —and elsewhere— 2009 will mark the seventh installment of the Savannah Music Festival. Initially known as the Savannah […]
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Savannah Music Fest beats financial predictions
WELL, THE NUMBERS ARE IN, AS THEY SAY, and it looks like the 2008 Savannah Music Festival was a resounding smash. According to Executive and Artistic Director Rob Gibson, “Every […]
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Pitingo wows a too-small crowd at the Morris Center
Back in late 2007 when the 2008 Savannah Music Fest’s schedule was first announced, Executive and Artistic Director Rob Gibson told me to make a special attempt to catch Antonio […]