Robert Levy is Professor of Music emeritus from Lawrence University in Wisconsin where he was Director of Bands and trumpet instructor from 1979-2004. The following year he was Visiting Professor at the Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, conducting the wind ensemble, concert band and served as Artistic Director the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble. He continues a busy schedule as guest conductor and composer, appearing throughout the country as guest artist and clinician. Recently released recordings as conductor include " Air Mosaic" (Mark Records) and " Alec Wilder-"Music for Winds and Brass" (Albany Records)  among his forty recordings.. A leading proponent for new music and an advocate for American composers, he has premiered and/or commissioned more than 140 works, many written expressly for him. As composer, he recently completed "Hymn Song for the Earth" for orchestra and "Kaleidoscope" for band, the latter premiered in 2008. He has taught at Interlochen, Tanglewood, and numerous other summer music festivals and music camps and was the founder and Music Director for the award winning Tidewater Music Festival in Maryland. Recently, he toured Australia for the second time where he was a visiting Artist-in-residence at the National Music Conservatory in Cambria and conducted bands throughout the country. Recent guest residencies brought him to three universities in China and to Haiti for three summers. He also has been a Red Lodge faculty member since 1971.