A native of Alamosa, Colorado, Robert Cody attended Concordia for undergraduate studies, with a major in K–12 music education. He played trumpet in the top instrumental ensembles and sang in the A Cappella Choir and Chamber Choir. Since his graduation in 2014, he has served as the Director of Music at Living Word Lutheran High School (LWLHS) in Jackson, Wisconsin, and music teacher and worship arts director at St. Lorenz Lutheran Church and School in Frankenmuth, Michigan. In 2016 he was named Secondary Educator of the Year by the Wisconsin District of the LCMS.
Cody received his master’s degree from Colorado State University in 2020, where he studied music education with an emphasis in conducting. His instrumental conducting experience includes concert band, jazz band, drumline, select ensembles, and pit orchestra at LWLHS and seasons with the Hartford City Band in Hartford, Wisconsin, and the Lakeshore Symphonic Band in Cedarburg, Wisconsin.
Cody and his wife Katelyn (Sievert) have two children, Eleanor and Liam. When not studying scores or conducting, he enjoys the outdoors, being a father, and studying theology.
Robert Cody's Academic Programs
Undergraduate
Music
As a music major at Concordia University, Nebraska, you will participate in ensembles, either choral or instrumental or both, as part of the requirements for your major. Since ensemble participation doesn’t necessarily factor into your official course load, you may find that you have more opportunities within your schedule to take additional electives that interest you to help round out your career options.
Music Education
A degree in music education from Concordia University, Nebraska prepares you to teach vocal and instrumental music to students K-12 in Lutheran, Christian, private or public schools. Some music teachers instruct students in a certain instrument, while others teach general music classes.