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American musician
Robert Blocker
In office 2006–2023Succeeded by José García-León In office 2005–2006Preceded by Ross C. Murfin Succeeded by Paul W. Ludden In office 1995–2005In office 1991–1995In office 1988–1991In office 1983–1988In office 1981–1983
Born (1946-09-04 ) September 4, 1946 (age 77) Education
Furman University (BA)
North Texas (
MM ,
DMA ) Occupation Music school dean
Music educator
Robert Blocker (born September 4, 1946) is an American classical pianist,
[1]
[2]
[3] music educator, and university administrator,
[4]
[5]
[6] who served as Dean of the
Yale School of Music since July 1995 until 2023. He is a
Steinway artist.
Education
Blocker earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from
Furman University in 1968. He earned graduate degrees — Master of Music in 1970 and Doctor of Musical Arts in 1972 — from the
University of North Texas College of Music , where he studied with eminent American pianist Richard Brannan Cass (1931–2009), an alumnus of
Furman and
Juilliard and 1953
Fulbright Scholar to the
National School of Music of Paris where he had studied with
Nadia Boulanger .
[7] In 1986, while serving as dean at
Baylor , Blocker was a fellow at the Institute for Educational Management at
Harvard in 1986.
Honorary degrees
Honors & awards
Elm-Ivy Award,
Yale University , April 2008
Founder's Award, PORTALS,
The Hotchkiss School
President’s Citation for Extraordinary Service,
University of North Texas , 2005
Honorary Professor of Piano,
Central Conservatory of Music ,
Beijing , 2004
Elected Member, The
Grolier Club , New York City, a society for bibliophiles, 2003
Yale Tercentennial Medal recipient, 2001
Featured in Steinway and Sons film commemorating 300th anniversary of the piano, 2000
Distinguished Alumni Award,
Furman University , 1999
Order of the Palmetto , 1999 (highest distinction of service awarded by the state of South Carolina)
Outstanding Professor,
Baylor University , 1986
Artist-in-Residence,
South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts & Humanities , 1985
Teaching Excellence Award Grant,
Stephen F. Austin State University , 1980
Artist Teacher, National Piano Foundation, 1980–1981
Artist Roster, Texas Commission on the Arts, 1978–1981
Artist Faculty,
Brevard Music Center , 1974–1976
Outstanding Teacher Award,
Brevard College , 1975
Texas State Doctoral Fellowship, 1970–1972
Outstanding Doctoral Candidate,
University of North Texas College of Music , 1972
Outstanding Masters Candidate,
University of North Texas College of Music , 1970
Rotary Scholar , 1964–1968
Presser Scholar, 1964–1968
Selected publications
The Robert Shaw Reader , Robert Blocker,
Yale University Press (©2004)
OCLC
56653473 The Arts: Reflections of Society, Design for Arts in Education, July/August 1988
OCLC
5004435 Philanthropy and the Arts: Weaving the Cultural Fabric of Society, Design for Arts in Education, March/April 1987
OCLC
5004435 A Performer Analyzes, Noteworthy, Winter, 1981
OCLC
9250033 The Arts: A Basic Educational Component, The American Music Teacher, September/October 1981; proceedings of the Symposium in Rhetorico of the Arts,
Federation of North Texas Area Universities (1980)
OCLC
1480467 Teacher Certification Requirements in Texas: The Unending Struggle for Quality, proceedings of the annual meeting of the
National Association of Schools of Music , Chicago (1980)Chopin's Revolution, Piano Guild Notes, September/October 1978
OCLC
1004537
Selected discography
Recorded May 14–16, 2007, Morse Recital Hall, Sprague Hall,
The School of Music ,
Yale University
Blocker, piano; Biava Quartet
Recorded live, July 12, 2002, Beethoven Festival, Woosong Arts Center,
Daejon , South Korea
Blocker, piano
Daejon Philharmonic,
Shinik Hahm , conductor
Family & growing up
Blocker is a graduate of the St. Andrews Parish High School, which as since merged with
West Ashley High School in the
Charleston County School District of
South Carolina . He was president of the Charleston County Student Council and is a member of the St. Andrews Parish High School Hall of Fame.
References
^ Who's Who in American Music: Classical,
R.R. Bowker ,
New York (1983)
OCLC
10206087
^ International Who's Who in Music and Musicians' Directory, eighth edition,
International Who's Who in Music ,
Cambridge, England (1977)
OCLC
3493652
^ International Who's Who in Music and Musicians' Directory, ninth edition, edited by Adrian Gaster (1919–1989),
International Who's Who in Music , Cambridge, England (1980)
OCLC
655818187
^ Who's Who in America, 45th edition, 1988–1989,
Marquis Who's Who ,
Wilmette (1988)
OCLC
18583716
^ Who's Who in America, 46th edition, 1990–1991,
Marquis Who's Who ,
Wilmette (1990)
OCLC
22631411
^ Who's Who in America, 47th edition, 1992–1993,
Marquis Who's Who ,
New Providence, New Jersey (1992)
OCLC
477185208
^ Richard Cass, Influential KC Musician and Teacher, Dies at 78,
Kansas City Star , November 30, 2009
External links
International National Artists Other