06/03/2026
we are ROBBtrust : Emilio Méndez Rizo emerging composer, 2025-27 graduate assistant learn more about us robbtrust.org/the-trust.html
Contact information, map and directions, contact form, opening hours, services, ratings, photos, videos and announcements from UNM Robb Musical Trust, 1 University of New Mexico MSC 04-2570, Albuquerque, NM.
Our Mission:
* support the music and musical legacy of John Donald Robb;
* advance the understanding of music of the Southwest; and,
* further Robb's commitment to education.
06/03/2026
we are ROBBtrust : Emilio Méndez Rizo emerging composer, 2025-27 graduate assistant learn more about us robbtrust.org/the-trust.html
06/01/2026
Video Feature: Músicas para San Francisco de Asís - Schola Gregoriana Hispana - J. Lara, dir. - Festival de Música Antigua Úbeda y Baeza FeMAUB and Javier Marín López | Músicas históricas hispanas - music from the Robb Archives.
Músicas para San Francisco de Asís - Schola Gregoriana Hispana - J. Lara, dir. - XXIX FeMAUB 2025 Canal Oficial de Youtube de FeMAUB · Festival de Música Antigua de ...
05/24/2026
we are ROBBtrust : Kelly Feng // 冯重瑞 emerging composer learn more about us robbtrust.org/the-trust.html
EXPLORE the ROBB ARCHIVES robbtrust.org
05/20/2026
CONGRATULATIONS 2026 UNDERWRITING RECIPIENT Monica Sanchez! Robb Trust is providing funding for a workshop production of THE RIVER IS A SCAR THAT SOMETIMES BLEEDS WATER, which is a step towards developing the play for a future, fully produced theatre event. The play encompasses a broad reach of New Mexican histories, customs, characters, and rituals. Traditional music and specific songs from the Robb collection are a vital element to completing the storytelling of this play’s narrative. Learn more robbtrust.org
05/15/2026
Here are a few pictures from the 38th annual Robb Concert, 8 April 2026 featuring Trio Magnoliana dive deeper robbtrust.org/robbconcert.html photos by Nancy Harbert
Dickie Chavez, Roberto Lucero, and Rosalía Pacheco busking on the UNM campus mall for ¡Música del Corazón! El Acordeón. Join us Sat 7 Nov '26 2pm for ¡Música del Corazón! Viajes del Violín Broadway Cultural Center free admission info robbtrust.org
ELECTRONIC MUSIC PIONEER J.D. Robb began experimenting with electronic music in the 1950s and was one of the first in the world to purchase a Moog Synthesizer from Robert Moog in 1965. Robb's electronic music, published in the 1970s by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, are astonishingly ahead of their time. This video clip features Robb's "Rhythmania". Learn more at robbtrust.org
ELECTRONIC MUSIC PIONEER Robb composed Rhythmania in the early 1970s. Smithsonian Folkways Records released it in 1976. The composition features a specially assembled Moog synthesizer, the ARP 2600, and the Synthi AKS synthesizer.