Robert Sheldon
Robert Sheldon (b. Feb 3, 1954) has taught instrumental music in the Florida and Illinois public schools, and has served on the faculty at Florida State University where he taught conducting and instrumental music education classes, and directed the university bands. As Concert Band Editor for Alfred Music Publishing, he maintains an active composition and conducting schedule, and regularly accepts commissions for new works. Sheldon received the Bachelor of Music in Music Education from the University of Miami and the Master of Fine Arts in Instrumental Conducting from the University of Florida.
An internationally recognized clinician, Sheldon has conducted numerous Regional and All-State Honor Bands throughout the United States and abroad. His teaching career included 28 years in the Florida and Illinois public schools as well as at the University of Florida, Florida State University, Illinois Central College and Bradley University. He also held positions as conductor of the Alachua County Youth Orchestra in Gainesville, Florida and the Prairie Wind Ensemble in East Peoria, Illinois. He maintains membership in several organizations that promote music and music education.
The American School Band Directors Association has honored him with the Volkwein Award for composition and the Stanbury Award for teaching, and the International Assembly of Phi Beta Mu honored him with the International Outstanding Bandmaster Award. He has also been a twenty-five-time recipient of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publisher’s Standard Award for his compositions in the concert band and orchestral repertoire. His compositions have been recorded and released on compact discs including, Images: The Music of Robert Sheldon, and Infinite Horizons: The Music of Robert Sheldon, as well as numerous other recordings. Mr. Sheldon has been the topic of articles published in The Instrumentalist, Teaching Music and School Band and Orchestra Magazine, and is one of eleven American wind band composers featured in Volume I of Composers on Composing Music for Band.
Publications by Robert Sheldon
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West Highlands Sojourn
Sheldon
Grade: 3
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Pevensey Castle
Sheldon
Grade: 2.5
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In This Quiet Place
Sheldon
Grade: 2
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Palimpsest
Sheldon
Grade: 3.5
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Barrier Reef
Sheldon
Grade: 2.5
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Brule River Celebration
Sheldon
Grade: 3.5
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Hill Country Holiday
Sheldon
Grade: 3.5
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Infinite Horizons
Sheldon
Grade: 3
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Winds of Morocco
Sheldon
Grade: 3
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Appalachian Legacy
Sheldon
Grade: 3.5
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A Bayside Portrait
Sheldon
Grade: 3
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Beyond the Higher Skies
Sheldon
Grade: 3.5
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Bristol Bay Legend
Sheldon
Grade: 2
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Cape Fear Chronicles
Sheldon
Grade: 3.5
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Century Point
Sheldon
Grade: 3.5
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Coldwater Creek
Sheldon
Grade: 2
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The Complete Woodwind Instructor
R. Sheldon & D. Sheldon
Text Method
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The Corsair’s Landing
Sheldon
Grade: 3
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Crest of Nobility
Sheldon
Grade: 2.5
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The Crossings
Sheldon
Grade: 2
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Danse Celestiale
Sheldon
Grade: 4
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Eagle Mountain
Sheldon
Grade: 2.5
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Fall River Overture
Sheldon
Grade: 3
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Fanfare and Intermezzo
Sheldon
Grade: 3
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Four Winds
Sheldon
Grade: 3
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