Robert Rosen
Director of Percussion Studies
Education:
- B.M.E. - University of Illinois 1970
- M.M. - Michigan State University 1975
Courses Taught:
- Applied Percussion
- Percussion Methods for Music Education Majors
- Percussion Ensemble
- Introduction to Music Literature
- 17th & 18th Century Music
- Arts Appreciation for Elementary Education Majors
- Supervise Student Teachers
Biography:
Robert Rosen is Associate Professor of Percussion at the Music Department of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point as well as tympanist and principal percussionist of the Central Wisconsin Symphony Orchestra. At UW-Stevens Point, he teaches studio percussion and directs the Mostly Percussion Ensemble. The M.P.E. has performed to critical reviews at the Wisconsin State Music Conference, the Wisconsin Percussive Arts Society's Days of Percussion, and on tour to K-12 schools throughout Wisconsin. Mr. Rosen also supervises student teachers and teaches courses in music history, fine arts appreciation, collaborative arts, and improvisation. He served as Assistant Chairman of the Music Department for nine years and as Assistant Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication for three years.
Mr. Rosen and clarinetist Andrea Splittberger-Rosen have performed together as the Uwharrie Clarinet-Percussion Duo since 1975. The Duo made its New York debut in 1980; has performed recitals by invitation at numerous conferences, such as those of the College Music Society, the Music Teachers National Association, and the Society of Composers, Inc.; and has commissioned and premiered works from around the world. During four years as artists-in-residence in the North Carolina Visiting Program, the Rosens' developed a highly successful method of presenting new music to inexperienced audiences of all ages.
Mr. Rosen holds degrees from the University of Illinois and Michigan State University. His major teachers have been Mark Johnson, Jack McKenzie, and Thomas Siwe. He has been a member of the Lansing, Grand Rapids, and Greensboro Symphonies and the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, and has extensive experience. He taught public school in Montgomery County, North Carolina, where he organized and, for two years, directed the Montgomery County Festival of the Arts. He taught percussion at the University of North Carolina-Greensboro and Alma, Elon, and Livingstone Colleges. In addition, he was a faculty member at the Governor's School of North Carolina (a summer program for gifted and talented North Carolina high school students) from 1967-1982.