Born in New Jersey and raised in Atlanta's arts and education communities, Mr. Trocina is in his 11th season as conductor/music director of the Gwinnett Community Symphony Orchestra and serves as conductor/music director for Northeast Atlanta Ballet's productions of The Nutcracker, Giselle, Coppelia, Sleeping Beauty, Swan Lake and Peter Pan.  Mr. Trocina is also co-owner/CEO of New School of Music, which he co-founded 1997.

As the founding conductor of the GCSO, Mr. Trocina has developed a program which includes the symphony orchestra, ballet orchestra, symphony chorus, chamber orchestra, and a variety of chamber ensembles. In 2007, Mr. Trocina established the Performing Arts Center at Gwinnett Center as the orchestras’ primary performance home.  During his tenure, Robert has brought many guest soloists and conductors to the ensemble; including Momoko Yamato, Ralph Vatapek, Beth Newdome, Laurie Marie Tossing, Susan Welty, Richard Deane, Bruce Kenney, Thomas Witte, Peter Witte, and Monte Nichols.  Also, Mr. Trocina has collaborated with several Atlanta based performance ensembles including the Northeast Atlanta Ballet, Poulenc String Quartet, Atlanta Wind Symphony, Georgia Perimeter College Wind Ensemble, and the Gwinnett Community Band.

As owner/CEO of New School of Music, Mr. Trocina has developed one of Atlanta’s most successful private music conservatories.  Founded in 1997, NSM currently has 3 Atlanta based locations, employees over 80 music teachers, and has an enrollment of 1600 students.

Mr. Trocina's performance experience has brought him to 38 United States, as well as Canada, Holland, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, and Sweden.  Mr. Trocina has worked as a consultant and specialist for many school music programs throughout the Atlanta area including Pope and Sprayberry High Schools in Cobb County, Brookwood and Parkview High Schools in Gwinnett County, and Stockbridge High School in Clayton County.  As a trumpet instructor for 17 years, his students received honors such as inclusion in Georgia's All State Band and Orchestra, Georgia's Governors Honors Program, and college music scholarships.  Mr. Trocina has served as a clinician and adjudicator throughout the southeast and was a member of the Brass Instructional Staff for the Spirit Drum and Bugle Corps for the 2000 and 2001 seasons. Mr. Trocina also served as Associate Conductor and Board Member of the Atlanta Wind Symphony.

Mr. Trocina received his Bachelor of Music Education degree from Kennesaw State University and completed further studies at Georgia State University, where he studied conducting under Dr. Thomas Wubbenhorst and Trumpet under Mark Hughes. Other influential teachers have included William Fred Scott, Stephen Winick, Patricio Cobos, Michael Walters, Stephen Byess, and Mary Beth Palmer. He holds memberships in the Music Educators' National Conference, International Trumpet Guild, and Georgia Music Educators' Association. He premiered the 1994 Lillehammer Olympic Fanfare and his recordings of Trumpet Fanfares were broadcast in Atlanta's Fulton County Stadium for the 1995-1996 Atlanta Braves seasons.