
Robinson McClellan has received commissions, awards and residencies from the Albany, Ft. Worth, and Knox-Galesburg Symphonies, Macalester College, MacDowell, Yaddo, ASCAP, and many others. His choral music is published by
NCCO, Church Publishing, and
See-a-Dot. Robin earned his doctorate (DMA) in composition at the Yale School of Music / ISM. He is on the team at
Noteflight, an online notation program, managing support tickets, social media, general projects, and writing a regular series on theory and composition topics called ‘Behind the Notation’. He teaches composition and music theory in several capacities: with Stephen Wilcox he co-writes and teaches online theory courses at
Rutgers, and he teaches theory classes at the
Lucy Moses School. He directs
ComposerCraft, a course at Kaufman Music Center for advanced young composers ages 10-16, leads the composition department at
SMS High School, and maintains a private composition studio. He is a composer mentor for
YCIW and
Music-COMP and has taught composition at Hunter College.