Robert Cram
Flute
Professor and Head of winds sector, School of Music
Office: Pérez 416
Telephone: 613-562-5800, ext. 3358
E-mail: rcram@uOttawa.ca
Robert Cram, a native of Montreal, studied at the Juilliard School of Music in New York and in France. While a student he won numerous competitions, including the CBC Young Performers Competition. He was the principal flutist with the National Arts Centre Orchestra for 23 years and as soloist he appeared regularly with the NACO both at home and on tour in Canada and abroad. He has also appeared as soloist with the Montreal Symphony, the Quebec Symphony, the Toronto Symphony, the Winnipeg Symphony, the McGill Chamber Orchestra, the Toronto Chamber players, Symphony Nova Scotia, the CBC Vancouver Orchestra, the Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra and the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra. Read more
University degrees
BMus, Juilliard School of Music with Julius Baker
Private instruction with Marcel Moyse, Samuel Baron and Christian Lardé
Field of interest
- Flute
- Canadian music
- Contemporary music
- Chamber music
Courses taught
- Applied music (flute)
- Chamber music, seminars on Canadian chamber music repertoire and on the business of music.
Awards and achievements
Principal flutist of the National Arts Centre Orchestra (NACO) for 23 years.
Chevalier de l'Ordre des arts et des lettres de la France.
Mayor's award for community service, city of Ottawa.
CBC Young Performers Competition, 1st prize.
Numerous Canada Council, OAC and other grants.
Executive producer, Somers recording project.
Recordings of Music by Tremblay, Mather and Cherney, Sullivan, Patrick Cardy, Mary Gardiner, Harry Somers and Quartango.
Concertos with Ottawa Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Nova Scotia, National Arts Centre, Toronto Symphony, Montreal Symphony, CBC Vancouver Orchestra, Winnipeg Symphony and many others.
