Background
Hughes, Robert Grove was born on September 16, 1933 in Buffalo. Son of Henry Stephen and Carolyn (Grove) Hughes.
Hughes, Robert Grove was born on September 16, 1933 in Buffalo. Son of Henry Stephen and Carolyn (Grove) Hughes.
Bachelor, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1956. Certified in Conducting, Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria, 1960.
Assistant conductor and director Cabrillo Music Festival, Aptos, California, 1963-1968. Assistant conductor Oakland (California) Symphony, 1963-1972, 76-78, bassoonist, contrabassoonist, 1964-1986. Director, conductor Oakland Youth Symphony, 1964-1970, 79-80.
Director orchestra, conductor San Francisco Conservatory Music, 1967. Conductor Western Theater of the San Francisco Opera, 1972. Composer-in-residence San Francisco Symphony, 1977.
Director, conductor Arch Ensemble, Berkeley, California, 1977-1986. Composer-in-residence Mills College, Oakland, since 1988. Conductor, composer, performer Destro, Fantasy, 1750 Arch and Cryptography Research Inc labels.
Conductor Arch Ensemble for Experimental Music, Berkeley. Co-artistic director Ma. Fish Performance/Production Company.
Member Broadcast Music, Inc., American Federation Musicians, American Music Center, Inc.
Married Natalie Clinton Lunt (divorced 1959). 1 child, Stephen Ezra.