Robert Larson is Director of Jazz Studies at Shenandoah Conservatory where he directs ensembles and teaches courses in jazz studies and music theory. He has published numerous journal articles and is the author of Arranging for the Small Jazz Ensemble (Armfield Academic Press, 2010). His sextet recording, Popular Delusions (Swarm Records, 2016), has received extensive radio play nationwide. He has presented papers at numerous jazz conferences in areas of performance and pedagogy and specializes in the early style of pianist Bill Evans.