Robert J. Bradshaw's (1970) compositions have been performed and recorded throughout the world, from Bangkok, Thailand, to Sydney, Australia. In America, his music has been heard in many prestigious venues including Lincoln Center and during The Kennedy Center's 2010 International VSA Festival at the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Sidney Harman Hall. A frequent recipient of awards and grants, Mr. Bradshaw's music, master classes and projects have been supported by noteworthy arts organizations including the National Endowment for the Arts, Meet the Composer, MetLife Creative Connections program, American Music Center, American Composers Forum, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Harvard Musical Association, Harpley Foundation, Argosy Foundation, The Bruce J. Anderson Foundation, and The Goldhirsh Foundation. Mr. Bradshaw is also a member of Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI), Society of Composers Inc., National Association of Composers, American Music Center, the Performing Arts Alliance, the American Composers Forum and the Recording Academy (New York Chapter).
Commissions from numerous organizations, ensembles and artists have kept Mr. Bradshaw's music frequently on the stage since 1989. Commissions include works for the James Pappoutsakis Flute Competition, the New England String Ensemble Musical Heritage Initiative and the American String Teachers Association with NSOA. Of particular note is the Australian Trumpet Guild's commission of the opera ".Gabriel" (www.gabrieltheopera.com) which has also been honored with a grant from the American Music Center (CAP), named winner of a Boston Metro Opera Mainstage Award, recorded by the Palmetto Camerata and was premiered in concert at the 35th Annual Conference of the International Trumpet Guild, 2010, courtesy of Opera Australia and the Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra. Mr. Bradshaw's discography lists more than seventeen commercially released CDs representing a wide variety of genres including opera, cantata, concerto, sonata, sonatina, solo and chamber ensemble. Compositions such as “Sonata No. 1” for trumpet (www.sonatapremiereproject.info) , which was premiered by a consortium of soloists and ensembles around the globe, have had the honor of being recorded my multiple artists.
Mr. Bradshaw has scored more than twenty-five film, television, radio and multimedia projects. His most recent project, Public Museum, was selected as a featured short film at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival and shown at ArtPrize