David P. Robbins is Chair of the Department of Music and Professor of Music at Pacific Lutheran University, where he has taught since 1969. Born in suburban Washington, D.C., he received his undergraduate and graduate degrees in composition from the University of Michigan. As a composer, Mr. Robbins has created works in a wide range of genre and style, including film scores, orchestral works, chamber music and music theater. Specializing as a conductor of 20th century chamber ensembles, he produced a nationally-recognized series of programs at PLU featuring recent and classic 20th century music. As a performer and clinician, he remains active as a percussionist in the Northwest. During his tenure at PLU, Mr. Robbins introduced the study of 20th century music, including jazz, to the core studies of all music students, guided revisions of the department's various curricula, renewed the department's national accreditation, increased recruitment efforts and scholarship resources, and directed planning and construction of a new music building. He is currently vice-chair of the university faculty, serves on the General Education Steering Committee and co-chairs the university's decennial accreditation review. |
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