About

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Robbie Strauss is a composer-flutist based in Baltimore, MD. His music has been described as “incredibly powerful”, “outstanding” by the Delaware Public Media. Robbie views composition as a means of processing, taking each piece as a way to explore a range of emotion on a given topic or personal story. 

Compositionally, Robbie’s work is lush, intimate, yet dramatic. He deals with personal experiences through music, often through themes of memory, existentialism, and humor.  His work has recently been performed by The Rhythm Method, loadbang and Old Bay New Music Ensemble among others. As a flutist, Robbie focuses on the work of living composers. He plays with Old Bay New Music Ensemble, Outward Ensemble and the Wallflower Winds.

Robbie graduated in 2025 from the University of Delaware for his Bachelor’s, majoring in Composition and Flute Performance. There he worked with Yoshiaki Onishi, Jennifer Barker, and Eileen Grycky. He now attends the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University for a master's in composition, studying with Felipe Lara.

Photo Credit: Stephanie J Bartik