Bob Chamberlin
Director of Music Theory
Departmental Coordinator of Community College Relations
Professor of Music Theory and Composition
Music theory, composition
A member of the Webster University faculty since 1973, he has also served as the Director
of Academic Advising, Director of the London campus, and as Acting Dean of Students.
In 1974 he coordinated a festival of microtonal music, held at Webster University.
Professor Chamberlin earned degrees in theory and composition from St. Olaf College
and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, and completed additional studies at
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His principal composition instructors
include Arthur Campbell, W. Alan Oldfield, Ben Johnston, and Salvatore Martirano.
Prof. Chamberlin teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in composition and music
theory. He is the senior faculty member in the department.
His compositions include works for orchestra, wind ensemble, chamber ensembles, organ,
chorus, dance, and incidental music for theatrical productions. He has received commissions
from the Webster University Symphony Orchestra, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Mid
America Dance Company, Tapsichore, Metro Theatre Company and the Band of Mid-America
at Scott Air Force Base. In 1991, he was awarded a Creative Artists Project Grant
from the Missouri Arts Council. Professor Chamberlin has collaborated with artists
including the University of Illinois Contemporary Chamber Players, Jerry Young, John
McClellan, Jaroslav Vajda, Peter Mayer, and Charles Glenn. His compositions have
been performed throughout the United States and Canada, as well as in the Netherlands
and Poland.
An active member of the American Guild of Organists, he is organist for Webster Groves
Christian Church.
