Robert Cobden
Geismar,LA
Summary
Highly organized and detail-oriented professional with strong work ethic and dedication to achieving goals. Skilled at developing and maintaining documentation systems, managing calendars and preparing reports. Knowledgeable in project management principles, business processes and customer service best practices.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Graduate Assistant
University of Idaho
08.2023 - Current
- Communicate and organize catering for guest artists, adjudicators, and participants of the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival
- Managed a team of teaching assistants and volunteers to facilitate the smooth operation of the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival
- Oversaw research and compiling of potential participants for the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival
- Facilitated and created curriculum for performance ensembles
- Facilitated and created curriculum for private instruction.
- Administered coursework, graded assignments and provided constructive feedback.
- Documented attendance and completed assignments to maintain full class and student records.
Principal
Trumpet, Bigfork Summer Playhouse
05.2023 - 08.2023
- Facilitate the transcription, arrangement, rehearsal, and performance of four musicals during a 12-week period
- Utilize sound equipment and mixing tools to ensure quality sound for general audiences
- Musicals Performed:
- The Addams Family
- Escape to Margaritaville
- Grease
- Fiddler on the Roof
Assistant Manager
Raising Canes
02.2019 - 05.2022
- Create and communicate shift plans to crewmembers to ensure smooth operation throughout the entire shift
- Facilitated customer transactions
- Facilitate training of new crewmembers on all positions
- Completed regular inventory counts to verify stock levels, address discrepancies, and forecast future needs.
- Maintained professional demeanor by staying calm when addressing unhappy or angry customers.
Education
Bachelor of Music Education -
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LAMasters of Music -
University of Idaho
Moscow, IdahoSkills
- Administrative Support
- Online Curriculum Delivery
- Event Organization
- Course Materials Creation
- Faculty Collaboration
- Student Mentoring
- Task Delegation
- Team Motivation
- Team player mentality
- Strong leadership abilities
- Musical Theory Understanding
- Sound Equalizing
Accomplishments
- Principal trumpet of the University of Idaho Wind Ensemble (2022-present)
- Principal trumpet of the University of Idaho Orchestra (2022-Present)
- Second trumpet in the Washington Idaho Symphony Orchestra (2022-Present)
- Member of the Louisiana State University Wind Ensemble (2018-2022)
- Member of the Louisiana State University Orchestra (2020-2022)
- Performed with Wayne Bergeron (2019)
- President of the LSU Trumpet Club (2019-2020)
Timeline
Graduate Assistant
University of Idaho
08.2023 - Current
Principal
Trumpet, Bigfork Summer Playhouse
05.2023 - 08.2023
Assistant Manager
Raising Canes
02.2019 - 05.2022
Bachelor of Music Education -
Louisiana State University
Masters of Music -
University of Idaho