Dr. Robert Bott

Robert currently serves as Assistant Professor and Director of Instrumental Music at Lone Star College-CyFair in Cypress, Texas.  He conducts the orchestra and symphonic band, and teaches theory, aural skills, and music appreciation.

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Robert is a graduate of the University of North Texas, where he earned his DMA in Orchestral Conducting under Maestro David Itkin. In 2021 he was named a finalist for The American Prize in the college/orchestra conducting division.  He has previously held positions as Music Director of the West Jordan Symphony, Assistant Conductor of the Lewisville Lake Symphony, Music Director of the Davis County Celebration Orchestra, Music Director of the Northern Utah Youth Symphony, and Assistant Conductor of the Salt Lake Pops Orchestra. Robert also served as an interim conductor of the Salt Lake Choral Artists Men’s Choir in 2013. He has guest conducted with the Salt Lake Symphony, the Utah Composer’s Forum, and the Summer Choral Institute. 

 

Robert has been invited to conducting workshops around the United States, including the International Conductors Workshop and Competition, International Conducting Institute, California Conducting Institute, Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, and Conductors Retreat at Medomak. He has studied with Kenneth Kiesler, Cristian Măcelaru, Kirk Trevor, Adrian Gnam, Vladimir Kulenovic, David Cho, Robert Baldwin, Clay Couturiaux, Jane Fjeldsted, and Brady Allred.

In addition to his conducting activities Robert is an enthusiastic music educator and scholar.  In 2016 the journal Harmonia published his musicological article, "The Affect Effect: Key Characteristics in Così fan tutte." He has been the recipient of numerous awards and scholarships, including the John Giordano Conducting Scholarship, the Euline and Horace Brock Merit Scholarship, and the Toulouse Graduate School Academic Achievement Scholarship. Robert has also been inducted as a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society as well as the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective multidisciplinary collegiate honor society.

A native of Salt Lake City, Robert holds degrees from the University of Utah in composition and instrumental conducting. In addition to conducting, composition, theory, and musicology, Robert has studied the saxophone, clarinet, and voice. He has had the privilege of playing in numerous instrumental ensembles, touring England and France with the University of Utah Singers, and winning four first-prizes with the Salt Lake Vocal Artists in the Tolosa International Choral Competition. In his spare time Robert enjoys spending time with his wife and three children, reading, tinkering with computers, and watching football.