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*= world premiere
2026.01.10 struggling in excess by Myles Boothroyd at US Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
2026.01.10 Fauna by Tower Duo at US Navy Band International Saxophone Symposium at George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA
2026.01.18 all that we leave behind at ComProv at Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
2026.01.29 Fauna by Tower Duo at University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA
2026.01.31 Fauna by Tower Duo at Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK, USA
2026.01.31 syn at Twin Cities Loudspeaker Orchestra at The Southern Theater, Minneapolis, MN, USA
2026.01.31 tangled, in surge and swell by UCelli at McConnell Arts Center, Worthington, OH, USA
2026.02.12 Fauna by Tower Duo at Festival de Música de Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
2026.02.14 Celestial Miniatures by Emily Phelps at 2026 University of Georgia New Music Festival, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
2026.02.26 Fauna by Tower Duo at St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Granville, OH, USA
2026.03.03 residue by Project Fusion at Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA
2026.03.06 prowl by Robin Meiksins at SPLICE Festival, Colby College, Waterville, Maine, USA
2026.03.13 struggling in excess by Myles Boothroyd at 2026 North American Saxophone Alliance Biennial Conference at Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
2026.03.21 light, unraveled by Jamie Leigh Sampson and Robert McClure at SCI Region IV Conference, Appalachian State University, Boone North Carolina, USA
2026.03.28 Fauna by Tower Duo at Heidelberg New Music Festival at Heidelberg University, Tiffin, OH, USA
2026.04.13* our scars, unwound by Iva Casian-Lakos at Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA
2026.04.14 our scars, unwound by Iva Casian-Lakos at Short North Stage, Columbus, OH, USA
Robert McClure's music attempts to discover beauty in unconventional places using non-traditional means.
Photos by Jacob Swanson
Visual art, poetry, the natural world, neurological and mathematical concepts are all elements that influence McClure’s works. His work has been featured at festivals including NYCEMF, the Beijing Modern Music Festival, the Toronto International Electroacoustic Symposium, SCI National Conference, Seoul International Computer Music Festival, Ars Electronica Forum Wallis, SEAMUS, IDRS, ISCM, and ICMC.
In 2023, Robert was named the Music Teacher’s National Association (MTNA) Distinguished Composer of the Year for his work “Celestial Miniatures” for piano. Additionally, he was part of a nine-composer commission with ADJ·ective New Music by the Toledo Alliance for the Performing Arts (TAPA) with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts for a new work to pair alongside “The Planets” by Holst. Robert composed “Earth: the spark” as part of this new collaborative work “…of the spheres” premiered by the Toledo Symphony Orchestra in March 2024.
His works may be found through ADJ·ective New Music LLC, Bachovich Music Publications, Imagine Music Publications, Innovative Percussion, Media Press, Inc., Resolute Music Publications, and Tapspace Publications as well as on the ABLAZE and Albany Record labels. Recently, he was awarded an Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award for 2020 and 2022.
Robert is the recipient of Individual Excellence Awards in 2020, 2022, and 2024 from the Ohio Arts Council. His recent commissions include works for the Toledo Symphony Orchestra; Ohio Music Teachers Association; the Johnstone Fund for New Music for Tower Duo, the Unheard-of//Ensemble, and UCelli; the Fredonia Saxophone Ensemble; the CAMPGround Ensemble; and the Aruna Quartet among others.
His works may be found through ADJ·ective New Music LLC, Bachovich Music Publications, Imagine Music Publications, Innovative Percussion, Media Press, Inc., Resolute Music Publications, and Tapspace Publications as well as on the Albany, ALBAZE, Cero, Navona, Neuma, and SEAMUS Record labels.
Robert McClure (b. 1984) received his doctorate from the Shepherd School of Music at Rice University where his primary mentors were Shih-Hui Chen, Arthur Gottschalk, and Kurt Stallmann.Robert has previously held positions at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and Soochow University in Suzhou, China. He currently serves as an Associate Professor of Composition/Theory and Director of Graduate Studies at Ohio University
