Robert Rabinowitz

About

Robert has a Master of Music degree in Music Composition from Arizona State University. He has studied with Jim DeMars, Phillip Glass, John Cage , Glenn Hackbarth and Gundaris Pone. He was selected for a residency at the prestigious dance and performing arts center, The Yard, which resulted in the premiere of two new works in Boston and NYC, both of which received favorable reviews in The New York Times. He has performed as a flutist and saxophonist in such diverse settings as BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), The Kennedy Center, The Troubadour and CBGBs. His compositions and playing have won numerous awards and grants including a BMI Award for Excellence in Music Composition, Arizona Composers Forum grant, and Arizona Council for the Arts grant to perform at museums throughout the state. Mr. Rabinowitz has composed original music for, and performed his compositions live, with choreographers Dennis Wright (Pilobolus, Alvin Ailey), Sally Radell (Emory University, Atlanta Ballet), Desert Dance Theatre, Kelly Roth and Dancers (NYC, Phoenix, Las Vegas), Marion Kirk Jones (Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey), and even had the honor of accompanying and learning from Merce Cunningham and Daniel Nagrin (Martha Graham, Anna Sokolow). He has been commissioned to compose compositions for Shields Collins Bray (pianist, Van Cliburn Foundation, Forth Worth Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Opera), and Joseph Wytko (virtuoso saxophonist), among others.