1. Josh Robinson
Percussionist/Teaching Artist/Facilitator
H-215-468-7771 Cell-215-760-8096
Joshrobinson9@gmail.com
Teaching Artist/ Facilitator Experience
• New Jersey State Council on the Arts - AIE (Arts in Education) roster artist 2003-present
workshops, 5-20 day residencies, professional development
• Pennsylvania State Council on the Arts/ PAEP 2008-present
• Young Audiences of New Jersey – 2005-present (2013 Performing artist of the year) after-
school & residency programs, workshops, professional development, early childhood programs,
community arts festivals
• National Alliance for Grieving Children 2015 Symposium presenter and Keynote
speaker
• Rutgers Camden Center for the Arts - performance, workshops, residencies, professional
development 2005-present
• Rowan University C.H.A.M.P enrichment program for Camden high school students -
summer and Saturday workshops 2003-present
• Rutgers University- future scholars enrichment program 2008, 2013, 2014
• Moyer Foundation partners- 2008-present -Camp Erin (Bereavement camps) & Camp
Mariposa (camp for children living under the roof of addiction) PA, NY, CA (Orange County &
Modesto), NE Bereavement camp for children (presented at 2013 National conference)
• Center for Grieving Children- 2013-present Professional Development and workshops
• T.A.P.S. (Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors) Military Grief organization 2015 Suicide
Seminar in Colorado Springs leading workshops and closing session
• New Jersey Playwrights Association -interdisciplinary music/poetry residencies 2003-
present
• Perkins Center for the Arts - residencies, after school programs, summer camp 2001-
present
• ARTREACH- 2000-present workshops & performance for special needs populations
• Arts Horizons – 2004-present residencies/ workshops
• NJEAC (New Jersey Arts in Education collective) 2003-present- professional development
workshops
• NJSACC (New Jersey School-Aged Care Coalition) 2005-present- professional development
workshops/ after school programs
• Communities in Schools- 2007 Camden after school programs
• Artist LINC Philadelphia- workshop facilitator for teaching artist trainings
• Live Connections- 2009-present World Café’ Live arts organization – performance
presentations and workshops, percussion studio, Professional development
• Appel Farms Arts Center- 2009- present -workshops and residencies
• DAIE (Delaware Institute for the Arts in Education) 2005-present- assemblies,
workshops, PD
• Philadelphia School District- professional development workshops
• Philadelphia Orchestra- teaching artists professional development 2010 & 2014
• Johnson & Johnson- corporate teambuilding workshop 2013

2. • FEA Educators as Scholars conference- Princeton University 2014 presentation on
Interdisciplinary arts residencies
Performing Experience
• Founded RHYTHMS & ROOTS (Giovana Robinson band) Latin music ensemble in 2000 -
concerts, school assemblies, private events (Sunoco Welcome America festival, Rutgers Camden
Gordon Theatre, Atwater-Kent Museum, Philadelphia Art Museum, Wharton school)
• Spoken Hand Percussion orchestra (ensemble that fuses African, Brazilian,
Indian, and Cuban drumming traditions)
• ARTREACH- interactive community-based performances and workshops
• ALO BRASIL (12-member ensemble) - World Café Live, SOB’s (Sounds of Brazil) NYC, NXNW
• Pagode Project- Brazilian/ World music
• MAGEE REHABILITATION - musician for “Magee Players” theatre group for people with
disabilities
• Moon Hotel Lounge Project- Tom Moons 2011 CD release and live performances
• Feels Like Home- Percussionist for Spoken word artist Denice Frohman’s debut CD
• TAMBONITO - Afro-Cuban/ Afro-Brazilian folkloric drum and dance ensemble (Institute for the
Arts in Education, Education Works, DAIE-Delaware Arts organization)
• POL (poetry Out Loud) NJ State finals 2005-present NJN studios, NJPAC, Princeton U, NJ
Governors mansion
• Selected to the 2003-2004 Philadelphia Music Project Latin Music Orchestra led by
legendary bandleader Johnny Pacheco (Zellerbach Theatre, Allentown Opera House, Keswick)
• BEATS, RHYMES, & LIFE (poetry meets percussion)- performances with poet/ spoken
word artist Jacob Winterstein (National Young audiences convention NYC, assemblies,
workshops)
• Academy of music- Philadelphia U Design fashion show
• FREELANCE - over 15 years of performing as “hired hands” for world, Latin, jazz, R&B,
percussion ensembles, recording studio sessions, theatre performances, art galleries, DJ’s,
community drumming