HIGHER EDUCATION INFORMATION
Our clinician for the 2012 All-Collegiate Choir is Dr. Charles Robinson from University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Music (see his bio and photo
below).
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2012 All-Collegiate Choral Conductor
Charles R. Robinson
Charles Robinson is Professor of Choral Music Education at the University of Missouri-Kansas City where his teaching opportunities include the Conservatory Concert Choir, choral /vocal pedagogy and methods, graduate courses in music education and graduate research supervision. Robinson earned bachelor's and doctoral degrees in choral music education from Florida State University and the master's degree from California State University, Long Beach. He taught choral and general music in middle schools and high schools in Florida, and has worked with singers of all ages from children through senior citizens. Dr. Robinson is an active conductor/clinician for honor choruses throughout the United States, and a frequent presenter of workshops for music educators. An active member of the American Choral Directors Association, he has served as Southwestern Division chair for Ethnic & Multicultural Perspectives, College/University Choruses, Research Chair, and has served as President of the Missouri Choral Directors Association. Robinson's music research has focused on choral performance evaluation, music preference, and choral conducting. He has presented and published research at the state, regional and national levels of the Music Educators National Conference and the American Music Therapy Association. Robinson is a past editor of the Missouri
Journal of Research in Music Education and currently serves on its editorial review board. Dr. Robinson is a member of Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society, and has twice been the recipient of the prestigious Muriel McBrien Kauffman Excellence in Teaching Award (1991 & 1999) and Meritorious Service Award (2006) for the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance. The Missouri Choral Directors Association presented Robinson with the 2000 Luther T. Spayde Award of Excellence for significant contributions to choral music in Missouri.