Feb 4, 2020
Bob Shields is a highly esteemed guitarist whose mastery of
jazz, rock and all the styles in between has taken him all over the
world. But as a music educator, he might be even more special.
When he was my jazz harmony professor in college, he would always
challenge the class to use cutting edge compositional techniques;
these days, if I'm stuck in a rut with my musicianship, I'll go to
him for insights that keep me inspired and focused for months; in
his own journey, Bob has set his sights higher than the mathematics
of musical composition or the fine-tuning of musical performances:
he has completed his PhD focusing on the correlation between
creativity and overall human wellbeing and he is currently writing
a book on the same subject.