Robert Eversman and Calvin Guse in Concert at Monroe Arts Center

Robert Eversman is the Music Director and Organist at Heritage Congregational Church, Madison, WI. He began the job at Heritage Church in 2002; he has held similar positions in both Illinois and Wisconsin since 1984. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music from Northwestern University, and a Master of Music Degree in organ performance from the University of Wisconsin in Madison. He started playing the violin when he was 8 years old and has studied privately with both Myron Kartman and Elizabeth Matesky. Robert also enjoys composing music, so for today’s concert he wrote his own solo cadenzas for each of the three movements of the concerto by Mozart. As an amateur pipe organ builder, he enjoys maintaining and improving the two-manual & pedal instrument of 18 ranks located in his rural home in Monroe, Wisconsin, originally built in 1905 as the Burkhalter Cheese Factory.

Collaborative pianist Calvin Guse is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Madison with degrees in piano performance and mathematics. A student of internationally-recognized pianist Professor Martha Fischer, he is the staff pianist of Crossroads United Methodist Church, and regularly provides service music for Luther Memorial Church and Bethel Lutheran Church. Calvin accompanies musicians of all skill levels, ranging from middle and high school Solo and Ensemble festivals to college level auditions and recitals. He has performed for patients and staff of the UW-Hospital as a part of their Sound Health program, and has also recently starting being the accompanist for the Wisconsin Chamber Choir.