Robert has been commissioned and performed by various ensembles, music festivals, and solo artists including the Fort Wayne Philharmonic, Illinois Philharmonic, Durham Symphony, the Empyrean Saxophone Quartet, the Lux Quartet, Split The Lark, saxophonist Derek Granger, and numerous high school and college wind ensembles across the country. He has received awards and honors from organizations including Tribeca New Music, the Greater Bridgeport Symphony Orchestra, Northwestern University, the Society of Composers Inc., and the American Composers Orchestra. Robert has attended the Atlantic Music Festival (2014) and the Brevard Music Center (2016, 17) where he worked with Robert Aldridge and David Dzubay both as composer and teaching assistant. Upcoming performances in the 2021-22 season include several consortium premieres of Deep State for saxophone and percussion, the world premiere of No Name In The Street commissioned by the Durham Symphony Orchestra, and the premiere of Make Them Dance written for the Illinois Philharmonic as part of their 2021 Classical Evolve concerts. Robert’s education includes a degree in music education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a masters degree in composition from Indiana University studying with Don Freund and Claude Baker. Currently, he is pursuing his doctorate and is an associate instructor in composition at Indiana University studying with Eugene O’Brien.