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Margo KieserAlways the perfect guest, and always able to light up the room!

John ChisholmRobin, during a tour to New York, looked up Kitty Carlisle in the Manhattan phone book (under: Hart, Mrs. Moss), went to her apartment building, handed the doorman a tip, and a spray of flowers and a note for Mrs. Hart, inviting her to luncheon at the Algonquin Hotel, at the famous round table. … Lunch with Kitty Carlisle

John ChisholmThis was taken when I hosted a small luncheon to celebrate Robin’s 60th birthday.

Stephen James HarrisonOn the night of the huge Santa Rosa fires a couple of years ago, Robin, Roy Malan, Susan Freier and I were scheduled to perform up in Gualala. The plan was to arrive a little early to give the room and the piano a try. Some time early that afternoon as we were … stephenh

Photo that accompanied a Greeley Tribune article about a local competition c. 1965. Robin has the article, and I found this unblemished 8×11 in my mom’s archives. Far right – “John” Robin Sutherland, Ellen Tryba Chen (me); seated on left, Val Underwood (who also studied with Rita Hutcherson).

Lolly LewisI was so lucky to hear Robin’s last concert in Colorado, at Cleveholm, AKA Redstone Castle, on August 12, 2019. He had been working for several months on a Haydn sonata, and as had so many before him, he was discovering the essential-ness and depth of Haydn’s music. He told me over the course … Redstone Castle 2019

Lolly LewisThis is from when the Symphony was on tour in Europe and staying at the Amsterdam Hilton, where John Lennon and Yoko Ono famously staged their “Bed-in for Peace” in 1969. Here are Robin and Bill Bennett “bedding-in” with Nancy and Joachim Bechtle. (Thanks to Nancy for the photo!)

I was lucky to take several road trips with Robin (mostly in Colorado but was with him in New York and Hawai’i, too). Carbondale was our usual destination, arriving from Telluride or Denver (via Breckenridge to visit with Rooster, or via Leadville and over Independence Pass), or on Amtrak’s California Zepher. The last road trip … Traveling with Robin

“Carrie Fisher — for a very brief time in her life — thought that she wanted to make a record. She needed backup musicians. We had no idea what Carrie Fisher had in mind, and neither did she. But her mother, Debbie Reynolds, funded this whole expedition to New York. Jeff and I were staying … Carrie Fisher’s Album

When the Dalai Lama came to San Francisco in 2014, he was booked into Davies Hall for his appearance and they asked the Symphony to have some artists perform as part of the presentation and that’s how Robin and Carey Bell ended up onstage playing the slow movement of the Mozart clarinet concerto. The crowd … With the Dalai Lama