Dr. Robert Gifford
Host, Strike Up the Band!Dr. Robert Gifford holds degrees from the Universities of Kansas, Michigan and Iowa, and has completed post-graduate studies at Oberlin Conservatory and Loma Linda University. He spent four years as a member of the USAF Strategic Air Command Band and has been a teacher/conductor for more than 50 years, which included 25 years as Director of Bands at Southeast.
Dr. Gifford has also been a guest conductor/clinician throughout North, South and Central America, as well as in Europe, and a faculty member at the University of Central Missouri, Universidad de Costa Rica, and Shandong Youth University in Jinan, China. He is excited to be able to share his varied musical experiences with KRCU’s listeners.
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On this episode of "Strike Up the Band" host Dr. Robert Gifford speaks with internationally recognized conductor and proponent of Hungarian band music, Dr. Laszlo Marosi. -
Dr. Robert Gifford, host of Strike Up The Band! interviews Pam Smith Kelly about her father, Missouri composer Claude T. Smith. -
On this edition of Exposition, host Dr. Robert Gifford talks with Mike and Bill Shivelbine on KRCU's Strike Up the Band. -
On this episode, Dr. Robert Gifford speaks with two members of the Southeast Missouri School Band Association. -
Dr. Robert Gifford, host of KRCU’s Strike Up the Band, recently sat down for a conversation with composer, publisher, and music educator Joe Pappas. -
Dr. Robert Gifford, host of KRCU’s Strike Up the Band, recently sat down for a conversation with John Mooney – Conductor of the Ste. Genevieve Municipal Band. -
Dr. Robert Gifford, host of Strike Up the Band, recently sat down with the Director of the Jackson Municipal Band and two of the band members. -
Dr. Robert Gifford, host of Strike Up the Band, recently spoke with three past and present Directors of Band s in the Farmington Public Schools. -
On this edition of the show, Host Bob Gifford speaks with three members of the Southeast Missouri State University Wind Symphony. -
Dr. Robert Gifford, host of "Strike Up the Band," recently sat down with Dr. Deborah Caldwell. She is the new trumpet professor at Southeast.
