4 - Curriculum Vitae Robinson

Bobb Robinson, DMA
121 W. Main St., P.O. Box 505
Sharpsburg, MD 21782
(904)704-7730
rrobinso@shepherd.edu
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV
Adjunct Professor (August 2012 - present)
! Applied Classical Voice instruction for Voice Majors, Voice Minors, and Music
Education Majors
! Stage direction for opera productions
! Classroom instruction: Lyric Diction; Song Literature; Intro to Music
Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA
Associate Adjunct Professor/Sabbatical Replacement (August 2014 - December 2014)
! Applied Voice instruction for Classical, Music Theatre, Music Education, and Music
Therapy Voice Majors
University and Departmental Service:
! Administrative support for SU Opera Theatre program
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Director of Opera/Lecturer in Voice (August 2012 - July 2014)
! Stage/Musical Direction for Opera Workshop and main stage opera productions
! Applied Voice instruction for undergraduate Voice Majors, Voice Minors, and Music
Education majors
! Concerto Competition Committee, 2012 - 2014
! Performance, Composition, and Music Education Faculty recording secretary, 2013-
present
Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, FL
Assistant Professor (August 2010 - August 2012)
Artist-in-Residence (August 2007 - August 2010)
Adjunct Professor (January 2006 - May 2006)
! Courses taught, including selection of texts and materials and development of content for new
BFA in Music Theatre degree: Vocal Pedagogy; History of Opera; History of Musical
Theatre; Solo Vocal Literature; Italian, German, French, Latin and English Diction
! Applied Voice instruction for undergraduate BM and BFA Voice Majors, Voice Minors, Music
Education, and Music Business Majors
! Stage/Musical Direction for Opera/Musical Theatre Workshop and main stage
opera productions
! Academic Standards Committee, 2010 - 2012 ; Chair, 2011 - 2012
! Faculty Sponsor, Doctor Who Club, 2011- 2012
! Choral Position Search Committee, Spring 2010
! Voice Position Search Committee, Spring 2007 - Fall 2008

! Fostering and Promoting Excellence (Music Chair’s Committee, 2008 - 2009)
! Sexual Harassment Prevention Committee, 2008 - 2012
! Advising and Recruitment activities as directed by the division Chair
Stetson University, DeLand, FL
Adjunct Professor (August 2006 - May 2007)
! Applied Classical Voice instruction for undergraduate Voice Majors, Voice Minors, and
Music Education Majors
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY – STAGE & MUSICAL DIRECTION
Opera Scenes - dramatic preparation and stage direction April 2015
Maryland Opera Studio, University of Maryland
Pergolesi, La Serva Padrona - Director February 2015
Shepherd University Opera Theatre
Pasek/Paul, A Christmas Story - Music Director/Conductor December 2014
Charles Town (WV) Old Opera House
Puccini, Gianni Schicchi/ Ching, Buoso’s Ghost - Director March 2014
UNC Opera Theatre
The Orpheus Diaries (Opera Scenes) - Director October 2013
UNC Opera Theatre
Mozart, La Clemenza di Tito - Director April 2013
UNC Opera Theatre
Once Upon A Time: Operatic Fairy Tales - Director November 2012
(Opera Scenes)
UNC Opera Theatre
A Salute To The American Songbook - Co-writer October 2012
Shepherd University Music Theatre Workshop
Gilbert/Sullivan, The Gondoliers - Music Director/Conductor
Jacksonville University Opera Workshop
Splendours of the Baroque (Opera Scenes) - Director
Jacksonville University Opera Theatre
Marschner, Der Vampyr - Director
April 2012
November 2011
March 2011
Harnick/ Bock, The Apple Tree - Music Director/ Conductor
Jacksonville University Music Theatre
October 2010

Menotti, The Telephone - Director
November 2009
Hooray for Hollywood (Musical Review) - Co-writer
Jacksonville University Music Theatre Workshop
Argento, A Waterbird Talk - Director
Jacksonville University Opera Theatre (Faculty Performance)
October 2009
March 2009
Mozart, Cosi fan tutte - Director
March 2009
PERFORMANCE HISTORY – OPERA/ MUSICAL/ CABARET
Puccini, La Bohème
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, Jacksonville, FL
Director: A. Scott Parry
Conductor: Fabio Mechetti
Welles, War of the Worlds (staged reading)
Jacksonville University Independent Project
Benoit/Alcindoro
February 2012
Announcer
October 2010
Pergolesi, La Serva Padrona
Jacksonville Friday Musicale, Jacksonville, FL
Director: Robert Tudor
Uberto
February 2010
Puccini, La Bohème
Maryland Opera Studio, College Park, MD
Director: Pat Diamond
Conductor: Jeffrey Rink
Benoit/Alcindoro
May 2005
Robinson/Tudor, Stars of the Paris Music Hall: Une
Soirée de l’Olympia
The Atlas Theater/ DC Cabaret Network, Washington, DC
Director: James Fitzpatrick
April 2005
Rossini, Love’s Luggage Lost (Fa il laddro)
Opera Theatre Northern Virginia, Alexandria, VA
Director: Eugene Galvin
Conductor: John Edward Niles
Parmenione
February 2005
Blackmon, Noel & Cole
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, College Park, MD
Director: Leon Major
Conductor: Jeffrey Watson
Man 1
December 2004

Convery, Clara (World Premier)
Conductor: JoAnn Kulesza
Friedrick Wieck
April 2004
Cahill, A Tale of Two Cities: Paris and Berlin in the
Twenties
Conductor: Jeffrey Watson
Man 3/ Kaiser Wilhelm/
George Grosz/Gertrude
Stein/ Soutine/ Bertolt
Brecht
December 2003
Mozart, Cosi fan tutte (goes Hollywood!)
The IN-Series, Washington, DC
Director: Nick Olcott
Conductor: Scott Hanoian
Donald Fonso
June 2003
PERFORMANCE HISTORY – RECITAL
Duo Recital with Robert Tudor, baritone May 2015
Alba (Italy) Music Festival
Faculty Recital: American Idyll
University of North Carolina
Faculty Recital: Brahms and Friends
Jacksonville University
October 2013
March 2012
Guest Recital/ Masterclass
University of Central Missouri
February 2012
Faculty Recital: Kimberley Beasley, soprano
Guest Performer
February 2012
Faculty Recital: Jane Christeson, mezzo-soprano
Guest Performer
Stetson University
October 2011
Faculty Recital: Dichterliebe
October 2010
Faculty Recital: To Die For
Music of Mahler, Liszt, & Mussorgsky
October 2009
Faculty Recital: Winterreise
November 2008

Faculty Recital/Symposium: Twentyfour: Italian Songs
and Arias for a New Century
October 2007
Guest Recital: Winterriese
Stetson University Schubert Festival
September 2007
Faculty Recital
Stetson University
January 2007
Faculty Recital: Jane Christeson, mezzo-soprano
Guest Performer
Stetson University
October 2006
PERFORMANCE HISTORY – CONCERT SOLOIST
Monteverdi, Vespers of 1610
Seicento Baroque Ensemble, Boulder, CO
Conductor: Evanne Brown
Valls, Mass ‘Scala Aretina’
Montana Early Music Festival, Helena, MT
Conductor: Kerry Krebill
October 2015
April 2015
Puccini, Messa di gloria
Moore County Choral Society, Southern Pines, NC
Conductor: Anne Dorsey
Vaughn Williams, Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Voices, Chapel Hill, NC
Conductor: Sue Klausmeyer
April 2014
December 2013
Bach, Magnificat
Hagerstown Choral Arts, Hagerstown, MD
Conductor: Gregory Shook
Mendelssohn, Elijah
Annapolis Summer Chorus, Annapolis, MD
Conductor: Scott Taylor
March 2013
August 2012
Vaughn Williams, Mass in g minor
Musikanten Montana, Helena, MT
Carissimi, Jepthe
June 2011
March 2011

Toast to the New Year (Holiday Pops)
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra, Jacksonville, FL
Conductor: Fabio Mechetti
Ives, General William Booth Enters Into Heaven
Handel, Israel in Egypt
Bach, The Passion of St. John
Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC
Conductor: Michael McCarthy
December 2010
June 2010
March 2010
April 2009
Cavalieri, Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo (Corpo)
March 2009
PDQ Bach, Oedipus Tex (concert version)
June 2008
April 2008
April 2008
Vaughn Williams, Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Stetson University Orchestra and Choral Union
Conductor: Anthony Hose
November 2007
CPE Bach, Magnificat
Cantate Chamber Singers, Washington, DC
Conductor: Gisele Becker
November 2007
Bach, Mass in b minor
Denver Bach Society, Denver, CO
Conductor: Michael Shasberger
October 2007
PDQ Bach, The Seasonings
June 2007

April 2006
Monteverdi, Vespers of 1610
Cantate Chamber Singers, Washington, DC
Conductor: Gisele Becker
December 2005
Mozart, Requiem
The German School of Washington, Washington, DC
Conductor: Thomas Busch
November 2005
Bach, Cantata BWV 82 (Ich Habe Genug)
National Symphony Chamber Players, Washington, DC
Conductor: Scott Dettra
May 2005
Bach, The Passion of St. John (Pilate)
Washington Bach Consort, Washington, DC
Conductor: J. Reilly Lewis
April 2005
Mendelssohn, Die Erste Walpurgisnacht
University of Maryland Symphony Orchestra, College Park, MD
Conductor: James Ross
October 2003
Walton, Façade (narrator)
The Philharmonia Ensemble, Washington, DC
Conductor: Richard Scerbo
October 2003
Vaughn Williams, Five Mystical Songs
Washington Choral Ensemble, Washington, DC
Conductor: William Usher
May 2003
Bach, Magnificat
Holy Trinity Parish Choir, Washington, DC
Conductor: William Usher
March 2003
PERFORMANCE HISTORY – PROFESSIONAL CHORUS
National Gallery of Art Vocal Ensemble, Washington, DC
Rosa Lamoreaux, Artistic Director
Member/ Soloist (August 2004 - present)
Washington National Cathedral Choir of Men, Washington, DC
Michael McCarthy, Director
Member/Soloist (August 2004 - June 2006)
The Washington Bach Consort, Washington, DC
J. Reilly Lewis, Director
Member/Featured Soloist (September 2002 - June 2006)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE, ADMINISTRATIVE
Shenandoah Conservatory Opera Theatre, Winchester, VA
Opera Theatre Administrator (August, 2014 - present)
! Provide administrative support to the academic opera theatre program, including
schedule development and coordination, supervision of graduate assistants, and
acquisition of performance rights and materials.
The Endocrine Society, Chevy Chase, MD
Manuscript Coordinator (February, 2004 - June, 2006)
! Provided technical support and point of contact for authors, editors,
and reviewers for Endocrinology and The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and
Metabolism, using the Rapid Review online submission system.
! Performed editorial and administrative duties in direct support for the
Endocrinology journal office operations. Assisted the Managing Editor in
maintaining efficiency in daily activities of editorial office.
! Secured reviewers for manuscripts as needed and requested by Editors.
The Florida International Festival/Central Florida Cultural Endeavors,
Daytona Beach, FL
Box Office Assistant (Summers, 2003 & 2007)
Box Office Interim Manager (Summer, 2001)
Box Office Assistant Manager/Group Sales Manager (1998 - 1999)
Box Office/Operations Assistant (Summers, 1995 & 1997)
! Trained and supervised three full-time employees, interns, and volunteers in all
aspects of ticket sales for an internationally-known 17-day summer arts festival,
including customer service, accounting, database management, ticket design,
ushering, backstage, and front-of house operations.
! Tracked sales and audience demographics, and maintained customer databases.
! Generated and maintained group sales contracts.
DISCOGRAPHY
Liebestreu: Lieder of Johannes Brahms
Guest Artist, Duets op. 28
Clearnote Records
ASIN: B007WB5COY
Centennial Celebration - The Choirs of Washington National
Cathedral
Washington National Cathedral
ASIN: B003X859TI

Hear the Christmas Angels
The Choirs of Washington National Cathedral
Featured Soloist
ASIN: B003YO6XWS
Mother of God: Motets and the Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke
America the Beautiful
Featured Soloist
ASIN: B000TBAEOC
Kleiburg: Requiem for the Victims of Nazi Persecution
Simax Records
ASIN: B0006BGWW8
Sacred Choral Music of Robert Evett
Musikanten
Innova Records
ASIN: B00005S241
AWARDS AND HONORS
Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions – Regional Finalist, Mid-Atlantic
Region, 2000
Doctoral Fellowship/ Teaching Assistantship – University of Maryland, 1999-2003
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Pi Kappa Lambda; Secretary/Treasurer, Epsilon Rho Chapter, 2009-2012
National Association of Teachers of Singing; Registrar, North Florida Chapter 2010-2012

EDUCATION
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
DMA, Opera/Voice Performance, December 2003
Dissertation: A Question of Character: Dulcamara, Bartolo, and Ottone
Graduate Teaching Assistant, August 2001-May 2003
Doctoral Fellow (2-year appointment), August 1999-May 2001
University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
MM, Voice Performance, May 1998
Stetson University, Deland, FL
BM, Voice Performance, May 1996
Muskingum University, New Concord, OH
BA, English, May 1988
REFERENCES
Dr. Byron Jones
Chair, Voice Division
Shenandoah Conservatory
(540) 665-4599
bjones@su.edu
Dr. Louise Toppin
Music Division Chair
University of North Carolina
(919) 843-7955
ltoppin@email.unc.edu
Dr. Timothy Snyder
Director of Vocal Activities
(904) 256-7377
tsnyder2@ju.edu
Dr. R. Scott Beard
Dean of Graduate Studies
Shepherd University
(304) 876-5270
sbeard@shepherd.edu
Prof. Jane Christeson
Head of Voice Area
Stetson University
(386) 822-8954
mchriste@stetson.edu
Mr. James R. Fitzpatrick
Director of Music
St. Margaret’s Church, Annapolis
(410) 974-0200
james@st-margarets.org
Samples of Stage Direction:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQIXlUE9OU4COWc1uE6e3QD4TnKeO4rmo
Teaching demonstrations:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQIXlUE9OU4Af9qBfceG3KJaZbZojm97W
Link to video performance clips:
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQIXlUE9OU4AUHNEJWQxuZIfBr-8lOqxv
Additional audio-only clips:
http://www.reverbnation.com/playlist/view_playlist/3326968?page_object=artist_449445

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