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Next Concert Begins in:
"Art in the Park"
Sunday May 6, 2012 at noon
William Kelly Bandstand in South Park
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Robert E. Foster is Professor of Music at the University of Kansas. He is also the conductor of the award winning Lawrence City Band in Lawrence, Kansas. He was director of bands at the University of Kansas from 1971 to August, 2002. Prior to that time he served as associate director of bands at the University of Florida. Before moving to Florida he taught in the public schools of Houston and Austin, Texas.
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Robert E. Foster
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The son of a prominent high school band director in Texas, he grew up in the Texas band movement, enjoying early success as a cornet player, being selected to membership in the Texas All-State Band 7 consecutive years, from 1951-57. He attended the University of Texas where he became solo cornet or principle trumpet in all of the major ensembles, and where he performed for five seasons with the Austin Symphony. While at Texas he was elected president of both the Symphonic Band which was conducted by Frank Elsass, and the Longhorn Band under Vincent R. DiNino. He studied band arranging with J. Clifton Williams, and orchestration with Kent Kennan.
In Lawrence, he is on the Lawrence Sesquicentennial Commission, where he serves as chairman of the Parade Committee. The two Lawrence Sesquicentennial Parades will be: Friday, July 4, 2003, and Saturday, September 18, 2004.
He is Vice President of The John Philip Sousa Foundation, and is past president of the American Bandmasters Association, the National Band Association, the Southwest Division of CBDNA, and of the Big 12 Band Directors Association. He has been on the board of directors for CBDNA, ABA, NBA, The John Philip Sousa Foundation, and the Kansas Bandmasters Association, and was selected Bandmaster of the Year by KBA. He was selected one of the Ten Music Educators honored by the School Musician magazine. He is on the advisory board of the Instrumentalist Magazine, and has served as the band adviser for the MENC Adviser column in their magazine, "Teaching Music" for the past four years.
An active composer, arranger, conductor, and clinician, he serves as Educational Consultant for Wingert-Jones Publications. He and his wife, Becky, have three children.
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