Croton Composer to Perform at Bean Runner

Composer, pianist and singer-songwriter Robert Morsberger is a 15 year resident of Croton, drawing literary inspiration for his songs while raising the third generation of Morsberger men to surround themselves in art.

Morsberger lives on a sleepy dead end street on Croton.

“My home is my favorite place,” says Morsberger.

However, he does not necessarily think his day- to- day life is where the creative process draws its material. “Putting in the hours,” he says, is where most of his writing comes from.

An arranger and composer by day and a touring act by night, Morsberger is a frequent contributor to “Nova Science Now,” programs on PBS. He also arranged and composed for “National Geographic,” “Frontline,” and HBO’s “Boardwalk Empire.” His latest album, “The Chronicle of a Literal Man,” collects inspiration from a trio of murdered civil rights workers to Dalton Trumbo, the blacklisted Hollywood writer.

Morsberger’s upcoming performance, at the Bean Runner Café in Peekskill on Friday, June 10, will feature Jon Herington, one of the quartet of musicians Morsberger has been playing with since the mid-nineties. John Herington, along with Paul Ossola and Robin Gould contributed to the bulk of Morsberger’s recent catalogue.

Robert makes up the second generation of Morsbergers to enter the arts, his father, Philip Morsberger, was a painter who also drew some of his inspiration from the civil rights movement. Morsberger’s son, Jesse, will likely follow the artistic path as well. Jesse Morsberger was recently commissioned to do a painting for the Croton Free Library’s new “teen room,” and occasionally plays in Croton with his band Baton-Baton. 

Morsberger has already started the recording of his next album, which comes after last year’s release of “Chronicle of a Literal Man,” and plans to finish it rather quickly. A recent interview and live performance with Morsberger will be rebroadcast on WDFH 90.3 FM, on Wednesday, June 8, at 9 p.m.

For more information see Rob Morsberger's Website.

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