Robert Marler is Professor of Music at the Belmont University School of Music. He teaches piano and courses in piano literature and piano seminar.

Robert Marler was the pianist with the Nashville Symphony on the recent three GRAMMY® wins for Made in America, a recording of works by American composer Joan Tower. The winning categories included "Best Classical Album" and "Best Orchestral Performance." Dr. Marler has participated on eleven recordings with the Nashville Symphony and Nashville Chamber Orchestra for Naxos, the world's leading Classical Music label. These include recordings conducted by Leonard Slatkin, Alastair Willis, Kenneth Schermerhorn, Andrew Mogrelia and Paul Gambill.

Marler is a frequent soloist, chamber musician, orchestral musician and accompanist throughout the Midwest and South. He has performed with numerous instrumentalists from renowned orchestras worldwide, including the London Symphony, the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony, the French National Orchestra, the Cincinnati Symphony, the Louisville Symphony and others.

He has also performed as soloist with the Nashville Symphony, Chattanooga Symphony/Opera and the ballet theaters of Nashville, Louisville, and Columbus. He has collaborated with Nashville Ballet Artistic Director Paul Vasterling in the creation of three ballets.

Prior to teaching at Belmont, Marler was a member of the faculty of the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Marler graduated with a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Missouri, an M.M. from Indiana University, and a D.M.A. from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.

Dr. Marler gives masterclasses and is a frequent adjudicator throughout the region.

For informaton relating to piano study at Belmont University School of Music please send an e-mail or call: marlerr@mail.belmont.edu, 615-460-8223. Additional information at Belmont University and the School of Music may be found at www.Belmont.edu. Posted on the web is information relating to auditions and scholarships. Visit the campus and make and appointment throughout the school year. Preview lessons will be provided upon request.

Recent ASCAP Concert Music News:

Howard J. Buss' Illuminations for bass trombone and piano at the 2001 International Trombone Festival, hosted by Belmont University in Nashville by Charles Vernon (Chicago Symphony) and Bob Marler on May 21, 2001.

Robert Marler may be found on FaceBook.com and robertmarler.com

 Adjudications

• American Music Scholarship Competition; Winners performed with Cincinnati Symphony and Debut at Alice Tully Hall, New York
• Van Cliburn Scholarship Competition, University of Cincinnati
• Missouri State Band and Solo Music Festival, 10,000 music students
• Nashville Area Music Teacher Competition and Master Classes
• Federation of Music Club Competition
• Tennessee Music Teachers Collegiate Division Competition
• Tennessee Music Teachers High School Division Competition
• Cumberland Music Teachers Association Competition
• Joplin Missouri Piano Festival Competition, 900 students (2 years)
• Blair School of Music Concerto Competition
• Nashville Piano Guild Competition
• Tennessee Tech Concerto Competition (02/05/02)
• Judge Nashville Area Teacher's Competition (04/03/03)
• Judge Nashville Are Music Teacher Association Competition at Blair School of Music (04/06)
• Presentation to Nashville Music Teachers Association: Arm-weight technique (02/13/05)

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 University performances/masterclasses

• Austin Peay University
• Baldwin-Wallace University, Cleveland
• Blair School of Music
• Columbia State Community College
• College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnatti
• Cumberland University
• David Libscomb University
  
• Dyersburg University
• Freewill Baptist College
• Indiana University
• Indiana State University, Terre Haute
• Miles College, Birmingham, AL
• Messa State, Grand Junction, Colorado
• Middle Tennessee State University
• Mineral Area College
• Oregon State University
• Samford University, Birmingham
• Southern Theological Seminary, Louisville
• South Western Theological Seminary, Fort Worth
• Trevecca University
• University of Alabama, Birmingham
• University of Alabama, Florence
• University of Evansville
• University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana
• University of Louisville
• University of Memphis
• University of Missouri, Columbia
• Vanderbilt University
• Volunteer State Community College
• Tennessee Tech University

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Concertos and Orchestral Works Performed:

• Martinu's Double Concerto for Two String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani (ten performances)
• Block's Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra and Piano obligato (ten performances)
• Tchaikovsky Third Piano Concerto (twelve performances)
• Mozart Concerto in C major
• Mozart Concerto in E-flat major
• Mozart Concerto in A major
• Gottschalk Piano-Orchestra pieces
• Chopin's Variations on Polish folksongs
• Chopin, Piano Concerto in f minor
• Hindemith's Theme and Variations for Piano and Orchestra
• Orchestra/piano and piano/cello works by Korngold
• Tchaikovsky, First Piano Concerto
• Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker Ballet (celesta)
• Respighi, Pines of Rome
• Copland, Appalachian Spring
• Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 2
• Liszt Concerto in E-flat
• Gershwin, Concerto in F
• Beethoven, Concerto no. 3 in C minor
• Strauss: Suite from Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme, Op. 60: NSO
• Bach: Suite in B minor for Orchestra, BWV 1067: NSO
• Bach Concerto in D minor, BWV, 1043: NSO
• Sowerby: Comes the Autumn Time: NSO
• Bernstein: Symphonic Dances from West Side Story: NSO
• Stravinsky: Firebird Suite
• Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements
• Many other orchestra works

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Education

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI

College Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati, Ohio

• Doctorate of Music
• Student of Richard Morris

INDIANA UNIVERSITY

School of Music, Bloomington, Indiana

• Masters of Music
• Student of Sydney Foster

UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI

Department of Music, Columbia, Missouri

• Bachelor of Music
• Student of Richard Morris

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Courses at Belmont

Dr. Marler academic responsibilties at Belmont include the following: