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Bob Cox's Latest e-Notice
June 9, 2008
Volume 2, Number 4
In The News
Trombonist Damian Boyd To Guest with ‘Bob Cox and Friends’ June 11 at Richland Academy
Ø We’re On YouTube!
Ø New! Richland Academy Music and Arts Series
Recent and upcoming gigs
Ø Jun 10 Willard Oh Concert In The Park 7 – 9 PM with the Rocking Chair Rangers
Ø Jun 13 Bob Cox & Friends Relay for Life Willard OH 10:30 P – 12:30 A Willard High School
Ø Apr 26 Varsity Club Rt 224 Willard OH Bob Cox and Friends 8:30 PM
Ø Jun 16 GOBA Mt. Vernon OH on the square with The Caffiends 5 PM
Ø Jun 21 The Caffiends Richland Co Fairgrounds 7 – 9 PM Mansfield Bicentennial
Other regular gigs hosted by my friends…. These are great fun to attend!
Tues nights 7 – 10 PM Palmer Moore hosts Ohio Fingerstyle Guitar Club (OFGC) jam at Scotty MacBeans Coffee Shop, 660 High St. in Worthington, OH 43085
Thu nights 8 – 11 PM Bob Szmik Trio hosts Jazz at Daly’s Pub in downtown Sandusky OH on Columbus Avenue
You can read this newsletter on my website at robertdcox.com which is now up and running!
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Damian Boyd will be our guest on June 11th as The Richland Academy hosts “2d Wednesdays” With “Bob Cox and Friends”
We will be hosting a “Ballroom Dance Night” in the Discovery Center from 7 to 9 PM. So come on down to our “air conditioned ballroom” and bring a partner or come alone and find one there! You don’t want to miss the month’s performance!
Joining us this month will be trombonist Damian Boyd. Damian picked up the trombone at age 10 at the suggestion of his grandfather. After a year in the school band at Lexington, he began playing with Frank Gfrer’s Concert Band (a community band comprised of adults with a passion for music). Their passion for music rubbed off on him as he would soon begin to study with his mentor, accomplished trombonist Richard Johnson. Damian continued to study with Mr. Johnson through high school which would lead him to meet and study jazz improvisation with Doctor Tom Croghan at the Richland Academy of the Arts. In high school Damian performed with many honors groups including the Ohio All Sate Band and played lead trombone with the Ohio All State Jazz Ensemble. Awards won include the Woody Herman Jazz Award, The John Phillip Sousa Band Award and the Louis Armstrong Award.
After graduating high school Damian studied with Professor Bryan Schultz at the University of Toledo with a concentration in Music Theory and Trombone Performance. While at Toledo he performed with many ensembles including lead trombone in the Jazz Orchestra. After a year he transferred to the Ohio State University to concentrate as a Jazz Studies Major under Professor James Masters. While at OSU Damian performed with many of the universities ensembles including the OSU Jazz Ensemble (the Jazz Studies Department’s top performing ensemble). As a performing professional Damian has worked with many of Ohio’s finest musicians including Gene Walker, Dave Powers, Doctor Tom Croghan and the legendary Hank Marr.
Damian is currently on faculty as the brass instructor at the Richland Academy of the Arts and tunes pianos for his friends and principal piano tuners Roy Nieman and Robert Noble.
Damian receives support and continued encouragement from his wife of over 4 years, Vicky. The couple now live in nearby Caledonia, Ohio.
Damian will be joining our regulars Dane Noe, on keyboard, Henry Van Buren, on sax and vibes, Dan Conwell, on bass and Bob Cox on guitar. Jim Smith from Mansfield will also be joining us on drums this month.
For more information call Richland Academy at 419-522-8224 or 1-877-522-8224. Richland Academy, “Your Center for Creativity” at the corner of 4th and Walnut St. was founded in 1991 and is supported by the Ohio Arts Council.
Bob Cox and Friends Videos on YouTube
We now have several videos of our past performances at the Richland Academy as well as video from our performance at the Varsity Club in Willard, Ohio on April 26th. You can view them by searching for “Bob Cox and Friends” on
youtube.com.
New Richland Academy Music and Arts Series
Richland Academy is proud to announce the first series of programming in our new Music and Arts series, Bob Cox and Friends. Bob Cox and Friends will be playing every 2nd Wednesday starting in September. The performances will be from 7:00pm-9:00pm. Bob Cox and Friends will be a unique setting in that Bob and Friends will open the set every night and then invite a guest up to perform with them. The guest may play the entire evening or just a few songs. All guest artists will be able to sell any available CD’s and accessories at these events.
The dates until May are September 12, October 10, November 14, December 12, January 9, February 13, March 12, April 9 and May 14, June 11, July 9, and August 13.
For more information about the program or to register for Fall Semester 2007, call Richland Academy at 419-522-8224 or 1-877-522-8224. Richland Academy, “Your Center for Creativity” at the corner of 4th and Walnut St. was founded in 1991 and is supported by the Ohio Arts Council.
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