Robert Cronin
Associate Principal Flute, Robert Cronin, has been with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
(ASO) since 1999.
Mr. Cronin received his Bachelor of Music degree from Northwestern University in Chicago,
where he studied with Walfrid Kujala. Mr. Cronin went on to win the Principal Flute
position in the Knoxville Symphony where he also obtained his Masters of Music degree
in Composition from the University of Tennessee. He has also held one-year positions
in the Kansas City Symphony and the Milwaukee Symphony.
Mr. Cronin is active as a composer. He writes music for a variety of instrumentations,
but has focused on works for flute including Concerto for Flute and Chamber Orchestra
(2009), Sonata for Flute and Piano(2010) and Five Bagatelles for Alto Flute and Cello(2016)
premiered last season at the ASO pre-concert Chamber music series. The National Flute
Association commissioned Mr. Cronin to write a work for flute and piano which was
used as a required work for the High School Artist's Competition. The piece that resulted
was an homage to his teacher, Mr. Kujala, called Off the Wall. Information and recordings
of these and other of his works can be heard at robertcronincomposer.info.
Since 2007, Mr. Cronin has owned and managed a business that produces custom concrete
countertops for commercial and residential applications called CounterIntelligence
of Atlanta. Examples if his work and more Information can be found at counterintelligenceatlanta.com
Mr Cronin has two beautiful daughters, is an avid golfer and is fluent in Swedish.