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Webb, Robert K.
Robert K. Webb (1926 - 2024)
Robert Karl Webb, a native of Kirksville, Missouri, received both his undergraduate and doctor's degree from the University of Illinois in Urbana. He taught in the public schools of Missouri and prior to his appointment to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, he was director of the Hobart, Indiana, High School Band.
A member of the Whitewater faculty from 1966 until 1989, Dr. Webb was an instructor of the flute and clarinet, coordinator of the music education faculty and director of the University Flute Choir. Under his direction, the Whitewater Flute Choir performed at national and district meetings of the Music Educators National Conference and had a record number of performances at the Wisconsin State Music Conferences. Dr. Webb also conducted the National Flute Association High School Flute Choir in Dallas in 1979 and the MENC and NACWPI Flute Choir in Miami in 1980. He was also appointed the chairperson for the North Central Division of National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors. He was affectionately known as the "Father of the Flute Choir" as he organized, arranged and published many pieces for the flute choir.
