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Robert Winokur’s music has been featured in documentaries, video games, on PBS, and in concert halls around the country. While primarily a composer of instrumental concert music, Robert has also written for jazz big band and combo groups, bluegrass groups, mixed-media and laptop-driven performing groups, and various chamber ensembles.

Robert was named as a finalist for his piece A Rabbit Tale (for narrator and orchestra) by Reno Pops Orchestra for their 2014 Composer’s Night Competition. In January 2014, My Brother's Keeper (a rondo for concert band on themes from the American Civil War) was commissioned by Dr. David Kendall premiered by the UC Riverside Concert Band. Mi Calida Forno, a song about the American Southwest, was included in the regular set during the 2013 concert year by bluegrass group the Rivertucky Ramblers. Achilles and the Tortoise (for viol consort) was premiered in 2012 by the UC Riverside Collegium Musicum. Self-Portrait (for chamber ensemble) was performed numerous times under the direction of the composer throughout Southern California for the 2012 concert season.

In 2011, Robert completed his PhD in Music Composition with specializations in: eighteenth-century counterpoint, orchestration, the programmatic music of Richard Strauss, and jazz criticism and analysis. His dissertation, Trinity, which combines a larger symphony orchestra with two electric guitars, electric bass guitar and drumset, is a commentary on the meaning and function of God – as human construct – as proxy for the fully-realized human potential.

In 2014, Robert founded the jazz group Little Mountain Big Band – a community-based ensemble which draws together musicians of all backgrounds, from high-school students and professional musicians to college professors and amateur players. Robert regularly performs throughout Southern California as a music director and bassist. He plays bass with the Redlands Community Orchestra.

Currently, Robert teaches music theory and music history and at Mt San Jacinto College and Crafton Hills College. He makes his home in the city of San Bernardino with his wife, the artist and author Beth Winokur, and their three wonderful children.

Explore Robert's music and stay up to date with his projects here:

• Robert's website
• Robert's SoundCloud page
• Robert Winokur, Composer on Facebook

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909-747-9726
PO Box 9902, Redlands, CA 92375
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