Robert McClure's music attempts to discover beauty in unconventional places using non-traditional means.

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 the New York City Electronic Music Festival, the Sonorities Festival of Contemporary Music, the Bejing Modern Music Festival, the Toronto International Electroacoustic Symposium, ISCM, SCI, SEAMUS, and ICMC (International Computer Music Conference). 

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.

In addition to his composition activities, Robert is a member of the ADJ·ective New Music Composer Collective as well as the host/producer of the ADJ·ective New Music podcast, Lexical Tones; a weekly conversation with a guest composer, performer, and/or artist creating new works of contemporary art/music that focuses on aesthetics, technique, process, meaning, perception, and the musical origins of the featured guest. The podcast can be found on iTunes, Stitcher, and Soundcloud.

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

Upcoming

2024.01.14 tangled, in surge and swell by UCelli at St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Columbus, OH, USA - 3pm

2024.01.17 rasp by Alex Wier at Burke Recital Hall, Denison University, Granville, OH USA

2024.01.18 rasp by Alex Wier at Ludwig Recital Hall, Kent State University, Kent, OH USA - 8pm, free

2024.01.19 rasp by Alex Wier at Glidden Recital Hall, Ohio University, Athens, OH USA - 8pm, free

2024.02.20 struggling in excess by Jacob Swanson at Music Concert Hall, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, USA

2024.03.02 rasp by Frances Zengel at SEAMUS2024 at Glidden Recital Hall, Ohio University, Athens, OH, USA

2024.03.17 Celestial Miniatures by Emely Phelps at MTNA2024, Grand Ballroom D, Hilton Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA

2024.03.18 in excess at Dancz Center for New Music, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

2024.03.21 contours snared, in warp and weft by Unheard-of//Ensemble at BCPA Recital Hall, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, USA

2024.03.22 Earth: the spark* by Toledo Symphony Orchestra at The Peristyle, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, USA

2024.03.23 Earth: the spark by Toledo Symphony Orchestra at The Peristyle, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH, USA

2024.03.23 tangled, in surge and swell by UCelli at TUTTI Festival, Denison University, Granville, OH, USA

2024.04.11 untangle my tongue (video by Mare Hirsch) at New Music Cafe, Eubanks Activity Center, Knoxville, TN, USA

2024.04.17 in excess at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA

*= world premiere