Professor of Music, teaching graduate and undergraduate Applied Voice, ans Graduate and undergraduate vocal pedagogy classes.
Biography
Dr. Bradley Robinson, baritone and professor of music teaches studio voice and both graduate and undergraduate vocal pedagogy. He received his BME degree from Fort Hays State University, MM from The Florida State University, and DMA from The University of Illinois. Robinson has performed opera, oratorio, and musical theater throughout the United States with companies including the Atlanta Civic Opera, Opera Memphis, Charlotte Opera, St. Petersburg Opera, Palm Beach Opera, and the Chautauqua Opera. His many credits include Escamillo(Carmen), Silvio(I Pagliacci), Guglielmo(Cosi Fan Tutte), Michele(Il Tabarro), and the title roles in Don Giovanni and Dido and Æneas. Lighter fare includes the Pirate Kin (The Pirates of Penzance), Pish-Tush(Mikado), Sky Masterson(Guys and Dolls) and Billy Bigelow (Carousel). He performed with North Carolina Opera and Opera Carolina in roles including Papageno(The Magic Flute), Dandini(La Cenerentola), and the Father in Hansel and Gretel. He sang the role of Amadas in the world premiere of Raleigh’s Dream, later touring in the title role. Appearing as Creon with Sinfonia da Camera in the North American premiere of Enesco’s Oedipe (aired on Romanian National Television), he later joined them as Bartolo (Le Nozze di Figaro) and Faninal(Der Rosenkavalier). Opera Memphis roles have included Melchior (Amahl and the Night Visitors), Alfio(Cavalleria Rusticana), and Zuniga(Carmen). He later appeared in productions of Gianni Schicchi, and as Tonio in Pagliacci. April of 2015 found him in the lead role of King Claudius in the world premiere of Nancy Van de Vate’s opera Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, followed by its European premier in Prague, Czech Republic. His numerous symphonic credits in credits including Handel’s Messiah, Orff’s Carmina Burana, the Requiems of Brahms, Fauré, and Mozart, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Vaughn Williams Hodie, Haydn’s Creation, and Bach’s Magnificat, St. John Passion, B Minor Mass, and Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme. He appeared with the Mississippi Symphony in Vaughan Williams’ Hodie, followed by appearances with the Germantown Symphony Orchestra, the L-O-U Orchestra, Messiah with members of the Mississippi Symphony, and as guest artist with Ohio University in Carmina Burana. Among his reviews, The New York Times states, “Bradley Robinson made a malevolent Amadas…masterful” (Raleigh’s Dream). The Charlotte Observer remarks, “One thing can be said of his voice. It is truly beautiful” (Pagilacci), and The Tallahassee Democrat described his voice as “powerful and agile, and always expressive” (Messiah). As recitalist, he has performed his recital Charles Ives: A Portrait in Song at the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, the L.A. Chapter of NATS, and conferences of the Great Lakes, Southern, and Rocky Mountain chapters of the College Music Society. Robinson appeared at the 50th Anniversary Conference of CMS, and for the National Opera Association’s Conferences in Washington, D.C, Atlanta, and San Antonio. He also presented Bernstein’s Arias and Barcarolles for NOA and NATS. His students enjoy busy careers in opera, musical theater, symphonic work, gospel, and touring ensembles. They have held positions at major young artist programs in North America and abroad, including Florida Grand Opera, Glimmerglass, Opera Theater St. Louis, Central City Opera, Opera Colorado, and Musiktheater Bavaria. Robinson regularly adjudicates NATS competitions and has appeared nationally and regionally for them as guest recitalist. His article “The Songs of Charles Ives: A Closer Look at Undiscovered Pedagogic Treasures for the Collegiate Voice” was eatured in the NATS Journal of Singing. He may be heard on Albany Records in recordings of Enescu’s opera Oedipe, Bernstein’s Arias and Barcarolles, and his most recent personal release, Charles Ives: A Portrait in Song, a unique collection of many of Ives’s autobiographically-based songs.
Courses Taught
- VOIC100-652 Applied Voice
- MUS529 Vocal Pedagogy
- MUS605 Pedagogy of Music Performance
Education
BM Music Education, Fort Hays State University (1980)
MM Voice, Florida State University (1983)
DM.A. Voice, University of Illinois-Urbana Campus (1999)