Robert Livingstone Aldridge ( born 1954 in Richmond , Virginia ) is an American composer , professor , and current Professor and former Director of Music at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University . He has written over sixty works for orchestra , opera , musical theater , dance , and various chamber ensembles that have been performed in the United States , Europe , and Japan . He is widely known for his opera '' Elmer Gantry '' , based on Sinclair Lewis 's 1927 novel of the same name , which was completed in 2007 and won Best Engineered Album ( Classical ) and Best Contemporary Classical Composition in the 54th Annual Grammy Awards
54th Annual Grammy Awards
54th Annual Grammy Awards
Robert Aldridge (composer)