ROBERT SHEWAN received his B.S. in Music Education from Mansfield University in 1953; his M.S. in Music Education from Ithaca College in 1960; and his D.M.A. in Conducting from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati in 1977. He was a faculty member of Houghton College, spent one year in a temporary faculty position at Illinois Wesleyan College, and eighteen years at Roberts Wesleyan College. Robert has developed the Roberts Wesleyan College Chorale to recognition locally, regionally, and nationally for its interpretation and excellence. As chairman of the Fine Arts Division, he led the music department to national professional accreditation by the National Association of Schools of Music. The Roberts Wesleyan Chorale was featured at the central 150th birthday celebration of the City of Rochester in 1984. Robert has served as a member of numerous NASM evaluation teams, has attended many national meetings, and served as a "recorder" at the 1984 national meeting in Washington, D.C. He is a long-time member of the New York State School Music Association and has been a NYSSMA solo festival adjudicator yearly.