Bernard Robe has been singing his whole life. He has a BME (1981) from Truman State University in Missouri, and a DVM (1995) from Kansas State University. Though he used his music degree professionally for only one year, it has served him well as an amateur ever since. He has performed in choirs, musicals, and operas in the Midwest, South Carolina, and Eugene. He is a founding member of The Clefs of Insanity, an a cappella group; and founded and runs the Eugene Recital Club, for lovers of the solo repertoire. He joined CCO as a chorus member in 2012 and has performed as a principal or chorister in almost every season since. He joined the board in 2016 and was voted president in 2017, in time for the preparations for our first commissioned opera, The Tango of the White Gardenia. When he’s not singing, Dr. Robe is well known as a relief spay & neuter surgeon, primarily in the Eugene/Springfield area.