Robert Stemmons began whistling at the age of five. When legendary whistler Fred Lowery, who twice headlined at Carnegie Hall, performed at his school, he was mesmerized and inspired. Over the next twenty years, Stemmons worked to perfect his instrument teaching himself techniques. Stemmons has learned techniques such as vibrato, staccato, tremolo, warbling, harmony warbling, trilling, two-note harmony, and more. He additionally learned to make many realistic bird sounds. These are now trademarks of his concerts.
A native of Tulsa, Stemmons has been featured countless times by various media. Since 2006 he has been working with Cirque du Soleil as “The Loyal Whistler” in their touring show “Corteo”. He has toured the US, Canada, Japan, Russia, Belgium, Austria, France, Spain, Switzerland, and Germany doing over 2,000 shows in six years and entertaining well over 3 million audience members.
Robert Stemmons’s tour in Montgomery County will start on Monday, March 4th at the Coffeyville Meal Site, Sycamore Landing and Windsor Place Assisted Living before arriving at the Spencer/Rounds Theatre on the CCC Campus at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, March 5th. He will continue his tour of Coffeyville with Windsor Place, Windsor Place SCU and the Medicalodge of Coffeyville on Tuesday. Wednesday he will entertain residents at Pickwick Place, Asbury Village and the Dale Apartments followed by the students at Caney Valley High School on Thursday and the Caney Nursing Home and Guest Home Estates in Caney on Friday.
The public is invited to the 10:20 a.m. Tuesday Humanities performances at CCC. The performances are free and held in the Spencer/Rounds Theatre. For more information call 620-251-7700 ext. 2145 or 2038.