| Robert Blocker | |
| Title1: | Henry and Lucy Moses Dean of Music, Yale University |
| Termstart1: | 2006 |
| Term End1: | 2023 |
| Successor1: | José García-León |
| Title2: | Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs at Southern Methodist University |
| Termstart2: | 2005 |
| Term End2: | 2006 |
| Predecessor2: | Ross C. Murfin |
| Successor2: | Paul W. Ludden |
| Title3: | Dean of Music, Yale University |
| Term Start3: | 1995 |
| Term End3: | 2005 |
| Title4: | Founding Dean, School of the Arts and Architecture |
| Term Start4: | 1991 |
| Term End4: | 1995 |
| Title5: | Dean, College of Music |
| Term Start5: | 1988 |
| Term End5: | 1991 |
| Title6: | Dean, School of Music, Baylor University |
| Term Start6: | 1983 |
| Term End6: | 1988 |
| Title7: | Dean, School of Music, University of North Carolina at Greensboro |
| Term Start7: | 1981 |
| Term End7: | 1983 |
| Birth Date: | 4 September 1946 |
| Education: | Furman University (BA) North Texas (MM, DMA) |
| Occupation: | Music school dean Music educator |
Robert Blocker (born September 4, 1946) is an American classical pianist,[1] [2] [3] music educator, and university administrator,[4] [5] [6] who served as Dean of the Yale School of Music since July 1995 until 2023. He is a Steinway artist.
Blocker earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Furman University in 1968. He earned graduate degrees — Master of Music in 1970 and Doctor of Musical Arts in 1972 — from the University of North Texas College of Music, where he studied with eminent American pianist Richard Brannan Cass (1931–2009), an alumnus of Furman and Juilliard and 1953 Fulbright Scholar to the National School of Music of Paris where he had studied with Nadia Boulanger.[7] In 1986, while serving as dean at Baylor, Blocker was a fellow at the Institute for Educational Management at Harvard in 1986.
Recorded May 14–16, 2007, Morse Recital Hall, Sprague Hall, The School of Music, Yale University
Blocker, piano; Biava Quartet
Recorded live, July 12, 2002, Beethoven Festival, Woosong Arts Center, Daejon, South Korea
Blocker, piano
Daejon Philharmonic, Shinik Hahm, conductor
Blocker is a graduate of the St. Andrews Parish High School, which as since merged with West Ashley High School in the Charleston County School District of South Carolina. He was president of the Charleston County Student Council and is a member of the St. Andrews Parish High School Hall of Fame.