Bob is a composer of concert (mostly tonal, post modern, neo-classical) music.  He was born and raised in Newton Massachusetts and initially studied at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. While there he studied composition with Paul Schmeling and John Bavicchi. He also received a little help and guidance from Newton Wayland (arranger for the Boston Pops), Joe Raposo (composer of the Sesame Street theme) and Gunther Schuller (Pulitzer Prize winning composer).  Bob has recently studied composition at the University of Arizona with Daniel Asia and Kay He. 

Bob very much enjoys writing music for amateur and semi-professional groups but has also written more challenging works for professional players. If you are interested in having a piece written especially for you or a group that you are involved with, please use the contact form to get in touch. Most of Bob's works may be seen or heard on his YouTube Channel and his sheet music is available at Sheet Music Plus and at  J. W. Pepper.

Please see the table below or the Catalog page for a list of all his published works with links to a details page and to the specific YouTube and publisher pages.

News and Upcoming Performances

2022-10-21   New Sheet Music Distributer

My published works are now all available at J. W. Pepper. Please check out my publisher page there at https://www.jwpepper.com/myscore/bobatwellmusic where you can get both digital and paper copies of my works.

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2022-12-10   Corona Waltz

The Foothills Philharmonic will give a live premiere of this work

12/10/2002 at 2:30 PM     $10.00 Adults

Catalina High Magnet School Auditorium

3645 E. Pima St. Tucson, AZ 85716

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