Director of Orchestral Studies

Director of Graduate Studies in Music

Robert Quebbeman is a Professor at Missouri State University, where he serves as Director of Orchestral Activities and is the Director of Graduate Studies in Music. He has studied conducting with maestros Herbert Blomstedt, Max Rudolf, and Elizabeth Green, and has published articles on conducting.

Dr. Quebbeman conducts the Missouri State Symphony Orchestra, which performs an extensive schedule during the school year. Under his direction, the Orchestra has performed on numerous occasions at the Missouri Music Educators Association Conventions. In addition to the normal schedule of concerts, the Symphony Orchestra appears yearly in the Music Department's production of the President’s Concert, which is a series major works for orchestra and chorus. He recently conducted the orchestra on a national broadcast for MENC’s “World’s Largest Concert.”

Active in state and national circles, Dr. Quebbeman is a member of the American Symphony Orchestra League and has appeared on national panels for that group in the United States and Canada. He is also a member of the Conductors Guild, and the Music Educators National Conference. He has guest conducted and performed with the Springfield Symphony and for fifteen years was the Music Director of the Springfield Regional Opera.

A native of the Chicago area, Dr. Quebbeman completed his Bachelors and Masters degrees at Northern Illinois University and received his Doctorate at The University of Michigan. He taught both instrumental and vocal music in the Illinois public schools before becoming Associate Professor of Music at Minot State University (ND). While there he was conductor of the Minot Symphony Orchestra and the Minot Community Opera Association.

E-mail: RobertQuebbeman@missouristate.edu