Bob Boguslaw Quartet 3PM

Bob Boguslaw has had a remarkably varied career as a pianist over the last forty years. He has performed as a soloist with world-class orchestras and bands, played jazz concerts in some of the world’s great concert venues, played shows in South America for audiences of up to 100,000 listeners, and spent twenty-two years with the “President’s Own” United States Marine Band where he frequently performed at the White House. As a member of the “President’s Own” he played for four US Presidents and seven Marine Commandants as well as numerous heads of state and luminaries in the arts and entertainment industries.

Bob completed his Bachelor’s Degree in piano performance at the University of Miami in 1979 and immediately began playing with show bands on cruise ships. He continued to study both classical and jazz piano and eventually returned to school at the University of Kentucky to work on a Master’s degree in piano performance following a number of concert tours of South America with Jose Louis Rodriguez. While achieving his Master’s degree in Lexington KY, Bob worked nightly as a freelance jazz pianist and did numerous solo classical recitals. Shortly after Bob’s 1990 summer performances with the New Hampshire Music Festival Orchestra he auditioned for and was accepted as a member of the “President’s Own” Marine Band. In May of 1991 Bob moved to Maryland and began his twenty-two year career as a Marine musician.

During his tenure with the Marine Band, besides frequent White House performances, Bob appeared with the Baltimore Symphony, the Royal Philharmonic, as a soloist with the National Gallery Orchestra, and with jazz greats Wynton Marsalis, Paul Winter, and Louis Bellson, among others. In the 1990’s Bob started his own groups, “The Way”, “The Rock Creek Trio”, and “Bob Boguslaw’s Real Live Jazz”. He currently remains quite active as both a performer and teacher in West Friendship, MD where he lives with his wife and daughters.