Dr. Rob Stull is Director of Instrumental Activities at Clarke University in Dubuque, Iowa. He directs the Clarke University Wind Ensemble, Jazz Ensemble, and String Orchestra. He also teaches courses on woodwinds, saxophone, clarinet, and world music.
Rob holds a Doctoral of Musical Arts from the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, studying under Dr. Kevin Michael Holzman and Dr. Terence Milligan, where he worked with the Wind Symphony, Wind Ensemble, Chamber Winds, and Chamber Orchestra. While in studies there, Rob was selected as music director and conductor of the University of Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra (UCSO), allowing non-music majors the opportunity to share their musical talents within an ensemble setting.
He studied his Masters of Music in Wind Conducting under Dr. John Boyd and Dr. Douglas Keiser at Indiana State University. While there he worked with the University Wind Ensemble, Wind Symphony, chamber ensembles, and Sycamore Marching Band.
Prior to attending Indiana State University, he gained his Bachelor of Music degree in Education from Seton Hill University working with Kathleen Campbell in conducting and saxophone performance. During his time at Seton Hill, he was a member of the Westmoreland Symphonic Winds, where he performed and guest conducted.
Rob was part of the adjunct faculty at Seton Hill University, where he taught Fundamentals of Music Theory, Saxophone, Woodwind Ensembles, and Instrumental Conducting. While at the University, he was guest conductor for the Junior High School Honors Band. He was also a staff member of Westmoreland County Community College where he taught applied saxophone. He collaborated with the faculty at Penn State-New Kensington Campus as music director for their theater program.
He worked for nine years as a resident artist at Pittsburgh Musical Theater, working at the Richard Rauh Conservatory as a music director and instrumentalist. During his time as a resident artist, Rob worked with Class Voice, Teen and Pre-teen Musical Theater Workshop, and the Broadway Juniors. He was the saxophonist for the world premiere of “Without Ruth” at the Carnegie Off the Wall Theater (Pittsburgh) and musical conductor of Evita at Carnegie’s Stage 62. He also spent over 15 years, serving as music director for several theaters in the Pittsburgh area.
Currently, Rob is the director and conductor of the Dubuque Symphony Youth Orchestra. His focus of study is multi-media work for ensembles and the exploration of interesting and quality works for the 21st century. He is dedicated to the production and sustainment of quality wind and orchestral works.
