
Windsor/Essex County recently lost a most talented, vibrant leader of the local arts community. Maestro Robert Franz, Music Director of the Windsor Symphony Orchestra lost his second battle with Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma on September 2, 2025. Robert is survived by his husband Brandon, and their three daughters.
Robert was an amazing human. He touched the lives of all who knew him and he will be sorely missed.
In these photos you see Robert at River Bookshop in Amherstburg, reading a book to the daughter of our co-managing partner Brad Robitaille.
Maestro Robert Franz
March 10, 1968 — September 2, 2025