Robin Engelman is an Adjunct Professor of Music at the University of Toronto where he conducts and directs the Percussion Ensemble. He studied percussion and composition with Warren Benson at Ithaca College. He has taught percussion at Ithaca College, the Eastman School of Music Preparatory Department and York University. He is a founding member of Nexus and a member of the Percussive Arts Society Hall of Fame; a recipient of the Toronto Arts Award and the Banff School of Fine Arts Donald Cameron Medal.