Robert Gross
@rgrosscomposer.bsky.social
Composer, Music Theorist, Board-Certified Music Therapist, Cubs Fan.
I wanted to mention that my piece "City of the Big Shoulders" will be premiered by The _____ Experiment (The Blank Experiment) tonight at 8:30 EST!
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NMC Presents...The _____ Experiment: Faux fuyant
The _____ Experiment (pronounced The “Blank” Experiment) is a flexible instrumentation new music ensemble; this concert showcases works for oboe (Ava Wirth) and saxophones (Andrew Hosler). View the full program here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/10szHdeazKaqLK16wsEuwvPblbyfnPgFq/view?usp=drive_link New Music Chicago Presents series brings a new body of repertoire and innovative performances to listeners in Chicago and beyond while also exposing new audiences to the world-class new music being created among Chicago musicians, in partnership with the Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE) and Experimental Sound Studio. For more information about NMCP, go to https://www.newmusicchicago.org/new-music-chicago-presents/
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June 17, 2025 at 10:43 PM
I wanted to mention that my piece "City of the Big Shoulders" will be premiered by The _____ Experiment (The Blank Experiment) tonight at 8:30 EST!
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Today for Self-Promotion Mondays (that's not really a thing, I just made it up), here's Duo Manik' of Mexico performing my piece for viola and piano, "Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance."
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Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance
A three-section piece performed here by Duo Manik'.
Gerardo Aponte Cupido, viola
Oscar Espinoza, piano
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March 10, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Today for Self-Promotion Mondays (that's not really a thing, I just made it up), here's Duo Manik' of Mexico performing my piece for viola and piano, "Bargaining, Depression, Acceptance."
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So, I did a thing.
There are any number of reasons this could go south (i.e., because of ever changing life circumstances), but for the time being, I'm optimistic. I applied to, and was accepted by, the University of Maryland PhD program in music theory.
There are any number of reasons this could go south (i.e., because of ever changing life circumstances), but for the time being, I'm optimistic. I applied to, and was accepted by, the University of Maryland PhD program in music theory.
February 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
So, I did a thing.
There are any number of reasons this could go south (i.e., because of ever changing life circumstances), but for the time being, I'm optimistic. I applied to, and was accepted by, the University of Maryland PhD program in music theory.
There are any number of reasons this could go south (i.e., because of ever changing life circumstances), but for the time being, I'm optimistic. I applied to, and was accepted by, the University of Maryland PhD program in music theory.
Wow, I seem to have picked up a lot of new followers! Thanks and welcome!
I thought I'd take this opportunity, then, to do a little self-promotion. Here's my string quartet "Penumbra," which is the title track of my most recent album.
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I thought I'd take this opportunity, then, to do a little self-promotion. Here's my string quartet "Penumbra," which is the title track of my most recent album.
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Penumbra, by Robert Gross
from the album Penumbra
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January 25, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Wow, I seem to have picked up a lot of new followers! Thanks and welcome!
I thought I'd take this opportunity, then, to do a little self-promotion. Here's my string quartet "Penumbra," which is the title track of my most recent album.
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/penumbra
I thought I'd take this opportunity, then, to do a little self-promotion. Here's my string quartet "Penumbra," which is the title track of my most recent album.
newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/track/penumbra
Happy New Year! My resolution, in as much as I have one, is to force myself to do a little more self-promotion. So here is some of my music! Enjoy!
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Robert Gross Orchestral Sampler
ROBERT GROSS ORCHESTRAL SAMPLER
0:00 Shuttlecraft Chase
City of Prague Orchestra
Richard Hein, Conductor
This piece depicts a dogfight between two warring shuttlecraft in outer space.
9:16 Doom
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January 1, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Happy New Year! My resolution, in as much as I have one, is to force myself to do a little more self-promotion. So here is some of my music! Enjoy!
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Regarding the Hunter pardon, it seems to me that Pres. Biden is all out of F's to give.
I know I am.
I know I am.
December 2, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Regarding the Hunter pardon, it seems to me that Pres. Biden is all out of F's to give.
I know I am.
I know I am.
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Why do all the people saying this act like we’ve never spent time around conservatives? I grew up with them. The maga dipshits have been around for almost a decade. Musk has owned twitter for years. Nothing good came out of being around them and I don’t need to constantly see their dumb opinions.
Opinion - The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons: In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, the social-media platform has enjoyed a surge of new users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. But will it be useful, if it just creates an echo chamber for the left?
The problem with Bluesky: It won’t broaden our horizons
In the wake of Donald Trump’s election win, the social-media platform has enjoyed a surge of new users looking for an alternative to Elon Musk’s X. But will it be useful, if it just creates an echo chamber for the left?
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November 22, 2024 at 1:17 PM
Why do all the people saying this act like we’ve never spent time around conservatives? I grew up with them. The maga dipshits have been around for almost a decade. Musk has owned twitter for years. Nothing good came out of being around them and I don’t need to constantly see their dumb opinions.
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So…..I suppose that’s all she’s got. Nothing else to offer as a public servant.
Meanwhile…most of humanity has used both-sex bathrooms. Routinely. (Airplanes. Restaurants. Workplaces. Dorms)
But whatever.
Meanwhile…most of humanity has used both-sex bathrooms. Routinely. (Airplanes. Restaurants. Workplaces. Dorms)
But whatever.
Nancy Mace has now posted 262 times on X in the last 36 hours about the bathroom.
November 21, 2024 at 2:32 AM
So…..I suppose that’s all she’s got. Nothing else to offer as a public servant.
Meanwhile…most of humanity has used both-sex bathrooms. Routinely. (Airplanes. Restaurants. Workplaces. Dorms)
But whatever.
Meanwhile…most of humanity has used both-sex bathrooms. Routinely. (Airplanes. Restaurants. Workplaces. Dorms)
But whatever.
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Remember that libraries are proof that not every goddamned thing needs to be “for profit.”
November 20, 2024 at 5:16 PM
Remember that libraries are proof that not every goddamned thing needs to be “for profit.”
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This election result isn't about Dem messaging.
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz formed a balanced ticket filled with character, intellect, and genuine love for this country, and they delivered their vision beautifully and eloquently.
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Kamala Harris and Tim Walz formed a balanced ticket filled with character, intellect, and genuine love for this country, and they delivered their vision beautifully and eloquently.
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No, the Democratic Party Can't "Message Better" to Racism, Misogyny, and Ignorance
Let's stop pretending
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November 18, 2024 at 5:29 PM
This election result isn't about Dem messaging.
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz formed a balanced ticket filled with character, intellect, and genuine love for this country, and they delivered their vision beautifully and eloquently.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-the-dem...
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz formed a balanced ticket filled with character, intellect, and genuine love for this country, and they delivered their vision beautifully and eloquently.
johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/no-the-dem...
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this is how Nancy Mace welcomes the first trans woman to Congress
November 18, 2024 at 11:17 PM
this is how Nancy Mace welcomes the first trans woman to Congress
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After telling the public for two years that Donald Trump is a threat to our democracy, members of the mainstream media are now cozying back up to him.
It's not okay.
It's not okay.
November 18, 2024 at 3:25 PM
After telling the public for two years that Donald Trump is a threat to our democracy, members of the mainstream media are now cozying back up to him.
It's not okay.
It's not okay.
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The people who have NEVER NEEDED LEGISLATION to get access to goods & services, to attend school, to get married, to not get randomly fired, continue to gaslight the people who have and it’s bull 💩
November 17, 2024 at 11:04 PM
The people who have NEVER NEEDED LEGISLATION to get access to goods & services, to attend school, to get married, to not get randomly fired, continue to gaslight the people who have and it’s bull 💩
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Some of you are not conceiving of racism in the right way you’re thinking of it as something interpersonal when it’s institutional & cultural. It’s whiteness being primed to ascend whether it deserves to or NOT. It’s being “the default” Trump is the embodiment of it
November 17, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Some of you are not conceiving of racism in the right way you’re thinking of it as something interpersonal when it’s institutional & cultural. It’s whiteness being primed to ascend whether it deserves to or NOT. It’s being “the default” Trump is the embodiment of it
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Yes!
Don’t surrender in advance.
These kinds of replies are driving me crazy.
“Oh well, it’s over” helps NO ONE.
Don’t surrender in advance.
These kinds of replies are driving me crazy.
“Oh well, it’s over” helps NO ONE.
Getting a lot of replies along the lines of "oh, you rube, you still think the law matters" and it feels strategically foolish to just concede that it doesn't. Contest everything. Expose the hypocrisy.
November 18, 2024 at 5:16 AM
Yes!
Don’t surrender in advance.
These kinds of replies are driving me crazy.
“Oh well, it’s over” helps NO ONE.
Don’t surrender in advance.
These kinds of replies are driving me crazy.
“Oh well, it’s over” helps NO ONE.
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“bluesky is an echo chamber” everywhere’s an echo chamber i’m going with the one without cybertruck guys
November 17, 2024 at 4:30 AM
“bluesky is an echo chamber” everywhere’s an echo chamber i’m going with the one without cybertruck guys
I'm so pleased to announce my piece Hexagonal Labyrinths II was selected for inclusion at MOXSonic 2025 (The Missouri Experimental Sonic Arts Festival) next March. This wouldn't be possible without the kind participation of The _____ Experiment (Blank Experiment).
November 17, 2024 at 4:34 PM
I'm so pleased to announce my piece Hexagonal Labyrinths II was selected for inclusion at MOXSonic 2025 (The Missouri Experimental Sonic Arts Festival) next March. This wouldn't be possible without the kind participation of The _____ Experiment (Blank Experiment).
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Discussing Bluesky migration in terms of liberal flight misses the simple fact that most people use social media for fun not influence and this platform, unlike X and cruddified Facebook, doesn’t feel like you’re wading through shit to reach your friends. It’s not that deep.
November 16, 2024 at 11:19 AM
Discussing Bluesky migration in terms of liberal flight misses the simple fact that most people use social media for fun not influence and this platform, unlike X and cruddified Facebook, doesn’t feel like you’re wading through shit to reach your friends. It’s not that deep.
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Sceptic is misapplied as suffix on vaccine-, climate- euro- etc. Scepticism is healthy practice of withholding confidence pending evidence. If you recoil from evidence and demand your own alternative pretend evidence it's denial.
November 15, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Sceptic is misapplied as suffix on vaccine-, climate- euro- etc. Scepticism is healthy practice of withholding confidence pending evidence. If you recoil from evidence and demand your own alternative pretend evidence it's denial.
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WOW. NBC News is reporting that more than half of the Republican Senate caucus privately admits that the Gaetz nomination will not succeed.
Repost if you think they should make their concerns public.
Repost if you think they should make their concerns public.
November 16, 2024 at 9:04 PM
WOW. NBC News is reporting that more than half of the Republican Senate caucus privately admits that the Gaetz nomination will not succeed.
Repost if you think they should make their concerns public.
Repost if you think they should make their concerns public.
Here's an electroacoustic piece I'm quite happy with. Providing the instrumentation is the fabulous ______ Experiment (The Blank Experiment)!
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Hexagonal Labyrinths II
Hexagonal Labyrinths II is an electroacoustic piece based on manipulations of the original piece Hexagonal Labyrinths. Hexagonal Labyrinths is so named because of its use of hexachords to create a mu
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November 16, 2024 at 9:17 PM
Here's an electroacoustic piece I'm quite happy with. Providing the instrumentation is the fabulous ______ Experiment (The Blank Experiment)!
soundcloud.com/obertross/he...
soundcloud.com/obertross/he...
Here's another recent premiere, Sixpence for Pierrot Plus Percussion! Played here by Grand Circle New Music of Utah Tech. My piece starts at 34:30 but the entire concert is worthwhile.
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Grand Circle New Music Concert
YouTube video by Utah Tech University Music Department
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November 16, 2024 at 9:16 PM
Here's another recent premiere, Sixpence for Pierrot Plus Percussion! Played here by Grand Circle New Music of Utah Tech. My piece starts at 34:30 but the entire concert is worthwhile.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJvt...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJvt...
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I have been blessed to have received numerous premieres of late. Here's one!
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Concerto for Trumpet and Chamber Ensemble
Matthew Swihart performs the solo trumpet part in this piece for trumpet and chamber ensemble.
I. Synthesis
II. Antithesis
III. Thesis
Albert Lo, conductor
Matthew Swihart, trumpet
Julie Linder, cla
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November 16, 2024 at 9:00 PM
I have been blessed to have received numerous premieres of late. Here's one!
soundcloud.com/obertross/co...
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