Robert S.

Dr. Robert is a prolific composer, musician, and educator. He holds a doctoral degree in Composition from Florida State University, in addition to degrees from the University of Missouri-Columbia (MM Composition) and the University of Northern Colorado (MM Oboe Performance, BM Composition and Oboe Performance). He studied piano in his undergraduate as well.

Thousands of people listen to Dr. Strobel’s music every day around the world. As a professional composer, he works in both the commercial and concert realms. His music has been selected by the company libraries of Pinterest, Capcut, Wondershare among many, many others. His original piano works, for which he is most known, are elegant, beautiful, and expressive. He has been interviewed by The Telegraph, Composer’s Voice on NYC cable, and Concerning Music. His music has been on PBS, podcasts and radio programs like Martian Gardens, The Joy of Classical Music, Classical Discoveries, and Singing and other Sins. He’s received over 20 commissions for new works, including ensembles like string members of the St. Louis Symphony, The Ladyslipper Ensemble, [TriO], National Flute Orchestra, including LDS Barlow endowment funding for the Playground Ensemble the Missouri Quintet. He’s received varying degrees of recognition from competitions like the American Prize (x2), The NFA Newly Published Music Competition (x2), the Southwest American Prize, the Alfred Schnittke International Composers’ Forum and Competition, the Boston Metro Opera International Composers’ Competition, Bruno Maderna International Composers’ Competition, among others. He did an artist residency, the Brush Creek Foundation for the Arts Residency. He is published by Forton Music and his own publishing company, White Chihuahua Publishing. His music and research has been selected for many festivals and conferences, including Society of Composers, TUTTI, and the Aspen Composers conference.

Robert enjoys mentoring all types of people as they learn to play music; it's a way for him to give back to the community and society. He has over a decade of experience as an educator, and he teaches private piano lessons to students of all ages and a wide variety of skill levels. His teaching philosophy is to feed his students' enthusiasm about music, no matter their current or desired skill level. He has previously taught courses as a graduate instructor of record or assistant at the University of Missouri, Florida State University, and as an adjunct at Front Range Community College Westminster. His areas of experience include the oboe, piano, popular music songwriting, music fundamentals, music theory, musicianship, music technology, and composition, all of which he is happy to discuss and incorporate into his lessons.