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University of New HampshireUniversity of New Hampshire Scholars' RepositoryMedia Relations Administrative Offices9-7-2010UNH Exhibit Celebrates Career of Jazzman BobWilberJody RecordUNH Media RelationsFollow this and additional works at: https://scholars.unh.edu/newsThis News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Administrative Offices at University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. It hasbeen accepted for inclusion in Media Relations by an authorized administrator of University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. For moreinformation, please contact nicole.hentz@unh.edu.Recommended CitationRecord, Jody, "UNH Exhibit Celebrates Career of Jazzman Bob Wilber" (2010). UNH Today. 3439.https://scholars.unh.edu/news/3439Media Relations Home | Calendar | UNH HomeMedia RelationsUNH Exhibit Celebrates Career Of Jazzman Bob WilberSeptember 7, 2010 DURHAM, N. H. - The University of New Hampshire’s Traditional Jazz Series will celebrate its 200th concert with jazz clarinetist and soprano saxophone virtuoso Bob Wilber Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, at 8 p.m. in the Johnson Theater, Paul Creative Arts Center in Durham. A jazz master on reed instruments, Wilber is a noted composer and arranger, and an ardent devotee of jazz repertory. Active in jazz education, Wilber worked as director of the Smithsonian Jazz Repertory Ensemble. He has written for films, including “The Cotton Club.” In his autobiography, “Music Was Not Enough,” Wilber writes of his privileged childhood and subsequent struggles as a musician in the 1950s and 1960s.To celebrate his return to Durham, the UNH Dimond Library is hosting an exhibit that spans Wilber’s 65-year career with images from the Bob Wilber Collection, donated by Wilber and his wife, JoAnne (Pug) Horton, to the New Hampshire Library of Traditional Jazz, Milne Special Collections & Archives, in 2009.“Bob Wilber: The Making of a Jazz Musician” opens with a reception Sept. 20 at 3 p.m. and runs through Dec. 17. The exhibit covers Wilber’s early immersion as a teenager into the jazz scenes of Boston and New York, his unique connection to the legendary Sidney Bechet, the further maturation of his style with the World’s Greatest Jazz Band and Soprano Summit, and his role in making jazz repertory an integral part of jazz education around the world.Located in the Milne Special Collections & Archives of the University of New Hampshire’s Dimond Library, Level One (room 101), the exhibit is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Saturdays, noon -4 p.m. For questions or directions call Special Collections at 603 862-2714 or consult the UNH Library Website at www.library.unh.edu.Reservations for the Sept. 20 concert, where Wilber will be joined by the Tuxedo Band, can be made by calling 603-862-2290 or at www.unhmub.com/tickets. Tickets are $8; $6 for students and seniors.A photo of Wilber can be downloaded at http://unh.edu/news/img/Wilber.jpgThe University of New Hampshire, founded in 1866, is a world-class public research university with the feel of a New England liberal arts college. A land, sea, and space-grant university, UNH is the state's flagship public institution, enrolling more than 12,200 undergraduate and 2,200 graduate students.-30-Media Contact: Jody Record | 603-862-1462 | UNH Media Relations SHAREPrintEmailSubscribeTweet FacebookT-hallCopyright © 2012 UNH Media Relations, 15 Strafford Ave, University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH 03824.UNH is part of the University System of New Hampshire.ADA Acknowledgement | Privacy Policy | UNH Home | E-mail WebmasterPage 1 of 1UNH Exhibit Celebrates Career of Jazzman Bob Wilber1/10/2018http://www.unh.edu/delete/news/cj_nr/2010/sep/jr07wilber.cfm.html

UNH Exhibit Celebrates Career of Jazzman Bob Wilber

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UNH Exhibit Celebrates Career of Jazzman Bob
Wilber
Jody Record
UNH Media Relations
Follow this and additional works at: https://scholars.unh.edu/news
This News Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Administrative Offices at University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. It has
been accepted for inclusion in Media Relations by an authorized administrator of University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. For more
information, please contact nicole.hentz@unh.edu.
Recommended Citation
Record, Jody, "UNH Exhibit Celebrates Career of Jazzman Bob Wilber" (2010). UNH Today. 3439.
https://scholars.unh.edu/news/3439
Media Relations Home | Calendar | UNH Home
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UNH Exhibit Celebrates Career Of Jazzman Bob Wilber
September 7, 2010 
DURHAM, N. H. - The University of New 
Hampshire’s Traditional Jazz Series will 
celebrate its 200th concert with jazz clarinetist 
and soprano saxophone virtuoso Bob Wilber 
Monday, Sept. 20, 2010, at 8 p.m. in the 
Johnson Theater, Paul Creative Arts Center in 
Durham. A jazz master on reed instruments, 
Wilber is a noted composer and arranger, and 
an ardent devotee of jazz repertory. 
Active in jazz education, Wilber worked as 
director of the Smithsonian Jazz Repertory 
Ensemble. He has written for films, including 
“The Cotton Club.” In his autobiography, “Music Was Not 
Enough,” Wilber writes of his privileged childhood and 
subsequent struggles as a musician in the 1950s and 1960s.
To celebrate his return to Durham, the UNH Dimond Library is 
hosting an exhibit that spans Wilber’s 65-year career with 
images from the Bob Wilber Collection, donated by Wilber and 
his wife, JoAnne (Pug) Horton, to the New Hampshire Library 
of Traditional Jazz, Milne Special Collections & Archives, in 
2009.
“Bob Wilber: The Making of a Jazz Musician” opens with a 
reception Sept. 20 at 3 p.m. and runs through Dec. 17. The 
exhibit covers Wilber’s early immersion as a teenager into the 
jazz scenes of Boston and New York, his unique connection to the legendary Sidney Bechet, the further 
maturation of his style with the World’s Greatest Jazz Band and Soprano Summit, and his role in making 
jazz repertory an integral part of jazz education around the world.
Located in the Milne Special Collections & Archives of the University of New Hampshire’s Dimond Library, 
Level One (room 101), the exhibit is open Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Saturdays, noon -
4 p.m. For questions or directions call Special Collections at 603 862-2714 or consult the UNH Library 
Website at www.library.unh.edu.
Reservations for the Sept. 20 concert, where Wilber will be joined by the Tuxedo Band, can be made by 
calling 603-862-2290 or at www.unhmub.com/tickets. Tickets are $8; $6 for students and seniors.
A photo of Wilber can be downloaded at http://unh.edu/news/img/Wilber.jpg
The University of New Hampshire, founded in 1866, is a world-class public research university with the feel 
of a New England liberal arts college. A land, sea, and space-grant university, UNH is the state's flagship 
public institution, enrolling more than 12,200 undergraduate and 2,200 graduate students.
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