Robert Gower, Associate Professor (Theory), earned B.A. and M.M. degrees from the University of South Florida, and his D.M.A. from the University of Miami. The coordinator of the Undergraduate Theory Program, Gower has served as associate conductor and pianist for the University of Miami Singers and the Civic Chorale, and is on the conducting staff of the University of Miami Summer Choral Camps. He has published several works with Plymouth and Belwin Mills.