Robert Kyr

Composer Robert Kyr is a prolific creator who draws on diverse influences, including historical styles, world musical traditions, environmental concerns, and spiritual ideas. He is also an important teacher of composition and music theory. Kyr was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 20, 1952. He attended Yale University, earning a bachelor's degree summa cum laude. After a stint in Britain, where he studied at the Royal College of Music and the Dartington Summer School for the Arts (with Peter Maxwell Davies at the latter), Kyr returned to the U.S. for a master's degree at the ...