Emma Strub
Music Director
Emma Strub, an established musician in the Austin area, has joined CTMO as the music director for the 2024-2025 season. An Austin native, Strub returned to Austin in early 2023 after completing a Masters degree in Orchestral Conducting from Northern Arizona University. Previously, she held Assistant Conductor positions with the Austin Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Northern Arizona. In addition to her Masters in Orchestral Conducting, Strub holds a Bachelor's degree in Viola Performance from the University of Memphis, and a Masters in Viola Performance from Rutgers University.
Strub is a prolific freelancer in both conducting and viola. She regularly performs with local ensembles such as Density512, the Balcones Community Orchestra, and the Austin Civic Orchestra. Strub is very interested in contemporary music and regularly collaborates with local new music projects, often performing at KMFA’s Draylen Mason Studio. Strub is an active member of the Sienna Strings Collective and Swan Songs Musical Last Wishes.
Strub lives in Hyde Park with her partner, Dr. Michael Martinez. She greatly enjoys chamber music and can often be seen at ATX Classical Jam and Classical Trivia nights.
Kenken Gorder
Executive Director
Kenken is a versatile trumpeter, music educator, and arts administrator, and is a member of the new music collectives Density512 and Black House Collective. He recently performed at the 2024 International Women’s Brass Conference in Japan, the 2023 SEAMUS Conference, and the 2023 International Saxophone Symposium. As a music educator, his students have performed at the regional, state, and national levels.
To learn more about Kenken and hear his recordings, visit www.kenkengorder.com
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Dr. Robert Alan Radmer
Co-Founder and Music Director Emeritus
As the co-founder and Music Director Emeritus of Central Texas Medical Orchestra, Dr. Radmer brought together talented musicians from different genres and regions of Texas for 12 unforgettable years.
Dr. Radmer is also the founder and Music Director of the Balcones Community Orchestra in Austin (TX) and also conducts the Austin Chamber Music Center (ACMC) Chamber Orchestra.
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He has worked with youth orchestras and adult ensembles in six states, and for ten years was Music Director of the Eastern New Mexico University Symphony Orchestra.
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He was awarded the Doctorate in Viola Performance from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1993, has served on the music faculties of Texas State University, the College of Saint Scholastica, St. Edward's University and Eastern New Mexico University, and was honored by being named Teacher of the Year in 1996 by the American String Teachers Association (New Mexico Chapter).
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Rob teaches violin, viola and guitar in his private studio, and in his spare time he is a composer of concert music and is active in the popular music scene in Austin. He also performs and records as a guitarist, singer, songwriter and improvising violist. Use our contact page to get in touch with Rob.