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Preview of the September 13th Brownville Concert Series recital with the musician who has childhood experiences in the area

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The musician performing at the September 13th Brownville Concert Series recital has childhood memories of the area.

Oboe and English Horn player Robert Walters is a fourth generation music professor and a member of the Cleveland Orchestra.

50 years ago, Walters recalls being in Brownville when his father paid him for practicing his oboe and he was participating in a Brownville summer music camp.

Walters says his experiences as a youth in Brownville, and the following year in Hastings Nebraska playing in the community orchestra conducted by his father, make up the foundation for his professional career.

Click the LISTEN button to hear the conversation with Robert Walters, the president of the Brownville Concert Series Jeff Meade, and KXCV-KRNW news director Bill Oliver.

More information about Robert Walters recital is on the Brownville Concert Series website.

Bill Oliver has returned to his alma mater as News Director for KXCV/KRNW after leading award winning news operations as part of a career that has also included sports, operations, management, and sales at public and commercial radio stations in Texas, Kansas, and Nebraska.

A 1981 Northwest Missouri State University graduate, Oliver was deeply involved with KXCV and KDLX as a student, hosting music and news programs, calling sports broadcasts, and helping keep the station on the air after the 1979 Administration Building fire.

Oliver says his return is motivated by a desire to be closer to family and to give back to the university and the mentors who helped shape his broadcasting career.