American representative of O. Sevcik), Franco Gulli, Irving Ilmer, William Primrose, Janos Starker, Tadeusz Wronski, Rudolf Kolisch, Daniel Guillet, Allan Blank, Derek Healey, Wilbur Held, Lewis Whikehart and Leo Sowerby. A scholar as well as violinist, Murray has served as Chamber Music Editor for the American String Teachers’ Association national journal, and was also a major contributor to that association's book, The Bach Chaconne: A Collection of Views. His Doctoral Dissertation, which is in the Library at Indiana University, follows the development and changes in artistic playing styles based on analysis of various editions of the Bach Chaconne, and is titled, "Evolution of Interpretation As Reflected In Successive Editions of J. S. Bach's 'Chaconne'". Murray has been on the faculty at U. of Northern Colorado in Greeley and at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, and it was during this time that he recorded the Saint-Saëns Sonatas which were praised by Fanfare Magazine for having 'greater vigor' and being faster than the recording done by Heifetz. While teaching at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond he joined cellist Frantisek Smetana (a relative of Smetana of ‘Moldau’ Fame), and was the violinist that institution's highly praised "Smetana Trio". After Smetana retired, Murray joined Ardyth Lohuis to form the Murray/Lohuis Duo which performs music for violin and pipe organ, and created a new niche for artists of both instruments. Composers Allan Blank, Derek Healey, Wilber Held and Lew Whikehart have written and dedicated pieces to Murray and Lohuis, thus increasing the already surprisingly ample available repertoire. In addition, John Corigliano gave their violin and organ duo permission to make an organ transcription from the piano score for the "Lento" movement of his Sonata for Violin and Piano, and like the Blank, Healey, Held and Whikehart pieces, this selection is also included on one of their recordings. The Murray/Lohuis Duo has performed at the Piccolo Spoleto Festival, Charleston, S. Carolina, at the Margam Festival in Swansea, Wales, and for concert series and conventions in North America too numerous to mention. Robert Murray's background in electronics enabled him to do all of the recordings on location rather than in a studio setting. Microphone placement must be decided based on the results of meticulous test sessions for each new facility. Listing the name 'Heinz Pfennig' as the recording engineer, Murray is thus able to maintain complete artistic control over his recordings which because of the pipe organ,