Winter Band Concert

Robert Sheldon (b. Feb 3, 1954) has taught instrumental music in the Florida and Illinois public schools and has served on the faculty at Florida State University where he taught instrumental music education classes, conducting, and directed the university bands. Following seventeen years as Director of Concert Band Publications for Alfred Music, he now maintains an active composition and conducting schedule, regularly accepting commissions for new works. Sheldon received the Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the University of Miami and the Master of Fine Arts in Instrumental Conducting from the University of Florida. In 2020, VanderCook College of Music presented him with an honorary Doctorate in Music Education.

An internationally recognized clinician, his music is performed around the world and frequently appears on many international concert and contest lists. Sheldon has conducted Regional and All-State Honor Bands throughout the United States and abroad. He often appears as a Music Education clinician and has presented sessions and seminars at numerous colleges and universities as well as state Music Education Association conferences. He has served as a conductor and clinician in all fifty states and the District of Columbia in the United States, as well as Japan, Canada, Italy, Taiwan, Germany, Australia and China, and has conducted performances of his works in New York’s Carnegie Hall, Chicago’s Orchestra Hall, Boston’s Symphony Hall, Taipei’s National Concert Hall, Matsumoto’s Seiji Ozawa Performing Arts Center, Hamamatsu’s ACT City Concert Hall, the Sydney Opera House and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. His teaching career included 28 years in the public schools as well as at the University of Florida, Florida State University, Illinois Central College and Bradley University. He also held positions as conductor of the Alachua County Youth Orchestra in Gainesville, Florida and the Prairie Wind Ensemble in East Peoria, Illinois. He maintains membership in several organizations that promote music and music education, and is lead author for SOUND INNOVATIONS FOR BAND, serving as co-author for MEASURES OF SUCCESS, SOUND INNOVATIONS FOR STRINGS, SOUND SIGHT-READING FOR BAND and MUSIC FUNDATIONS.

His compositions embody a level of expression that resonates with ensembles and audiences alike, and he produces numerous publications for concert band each year. The American School Band Directors Association has honored him with the Volkwein Award for composition and the Stanbury Award for teaching, the International Assembly of Phi Beta Mu honored him with the International Outstanding Bandmaster Award, and he has been awarded membership in the American Bandmasters Association. With over three million copies of his compositions and books sold, he is one of the most performed composers of wind band music today. A twenty-eight-time recipient of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publisher’s Standard Award for his compositions in the concert band and orchestral repertoire, Mr. Sheldon has been the topic of articles published in The Instrumentalist, Teaching Music and School Band and Orchestra Magazine, The World Association of Symphonic Bands and Ensembles (WASBE) World Magazine, and is one of eleven American wind band composers featured in Volume I of Composers on Composing Music for Band.

Robert Sheldon, Guest Conductor

Lion's Gate | Robert Sheldon

Curtis Middle School Band Directors: Clint Schaefer, Daniel Lane, Tyler Martin

Ereckson Middle School Band Directors: Matt McGann, Chris Garza, Bianca Tovar

Ford Middle School Band Directors: Andrea Brooks, Stephen Cookus

Joshua Blankenship, Director

The Stormchasers | Robert Sheldon

Dances of a Shimmering Spirit | Robert Sheldon

In the Center Ring | Robert Sheldon

Dr. Philip Obado, Director

"March" from Second Suite in F | Gustav Holst

City Trees | Michael Markowski

Art in the Park | Robert Sheldon

I. Le Cycliste

II. The Shadowed Stream

III. Excavation

IV. Transfiguration

A Christmas Festival | Leroy Anderson

Dr. Steven Knight, Director

The Fire of Eternal Glory | Dmitri Shostakovich, arr. Bohls

Frosty the Snowman | Jack Rollins & Steve Nelson, arr. Knight

Alexander Baczewski, Director

Winds of Morocco | Robert Sheldon

Grace Before Sleep | Susan LaBarr, arr. J. Eric Wilson

Winterscape | Gavin Lendt

Jeremy Rohr, Director

Integrity | Robert Sheldon

Looking Up | Robert Sheldon

Praeludium and Dance | Robert Sheldon

Andrew Camp & Dr. Philip Obado, Directors

Allied Honor | Karl L. King, arr. Swearingen

Storm Warning! | Robert Sheldon

By the River's Edge | Robert Sheldon

Dr. Steven Knight, Director

Three Minutes to Midnight | JaRod Hall

The Parting Glass | arr. Robert Sheldon

And All the Bells Shall Ring! | arr. Rob Romeyn

Jeremy Rohr, Director

Intrepid Journey | Robert Sheldon

Halo Theme | arr. Robert Sheldon

Nightride | Robert Sheldon

Dr. Steven Knight, Director

Incandescence | Adrian B. Sims

With Every Sunrise | Robert Sheldon

Flight of the Piasa | Robert Sheldon

THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR SPONSORS FOR YOUR GENEROUS SUPPORT!

The Newcomer Family

We are extremely grateful for the ongoing support of the following:

Allen ISD Administrators

Dr. Robin Bullock, Superintendent

Jeff Turner, Director of Fine Arts

Matt Russell, Allen High School Principal

Jill Stafford, Lowery Freshman Center Principal

Shelly Holmes, AHS House 200 Principal

Chris Koder, LFC House 200 Principal

Allen ISD Private Lesson Teachers

The Allen Band Booster Association

We would also like to thank the families of our students for continuing to support their interest in band and music!