Dr. Robert Pippin is the new Director of Bands and Assistant Professor of Music at
SWOSU. He joins us from Northwest Missouri State University, where he was the Dennis
C. Dau Endowed Professor of Instrumental Music, Assistant Professor of Low Brass and
Music Education, Director of the Concert Band and Studio Jazz Ensemble, and Co-Director
of the Northwest Summer Music Camp. A veteran public school educator, Robert taught
high school band for thirteen years while remaining an active trombone performer in
the Rocky Mountain Region. He was a tenured member of the Fort Collins Symphony and
was in demand as a freelance artist in classical, jazz, and chamber music. Immediately
before his appointment to Northwest, Robert was Director of The Johns Hopkins.