Robert Radmer

Austin, Texas viola player. Dr. Robert Radmer is the founder and Music Director of the Balcones Community Orchestra, Music Director of the Central Texas Medical Orchestra, and Orchestra Director for St. Edwards University. He has worked with youth orchestras and adult ensembles in six states, and for ten years was Music Director of the Eastern New Mexico University Symphony Orchestra. He was awarded the Doctorate in Viola Performance from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1993, and has served on the music faculties of Texas State University, the College of Saint Scholastica, Eastern New Mexico University, and Southwest Texas State University. Radmer was honored by being named Teacher of the Year in 1996 by the American String Teachers Association (New Mexico Chapter). Radmer teaches violin, viola and guitar in his private studio, and in his spare time he is a composer of concert music and is also an active member of the popular music scene in Austin. He also performs and records as a guitarist, singer, songwriter and improvising violist in his band, Reel Sheboygan.