Music
Upcoming Event:
Laura English-Robinson,
soprano, C' 69,
will present
"The Heart of A Woman"
A Pre-Valentine's Day Faculty Recital
Sisters Chapel
4:00 p.m.
English-Robinson will be accompanied
by Dr. Joyce F. Johnson, piano
Admission is free
For information, contact: Dawn Garvin - 404-270-5476
A
native
of Atlanta,
Georgia,
Laura
English-Robinson
received
her B.A.
degree
from
Spelman
College
and the
M.M.
degree
from
the College-Conservatory
of Music
at the
University
of Cincinnati.
She has
been
a scholarship
recipient
and vocal
fellow
at the
Berkshire
Music
Center
(Tanglewood),
the Brevard
Music
Center,
the Mozarteum in Salzburg and the AIMS summer study program in Graz, Austria.
She has
toured
Italy,
the United
States,
and South
America
performing
in chamber,
solo,
orchestra,
and opera
performances.
She was
also
the winner
of Italy’s
Golden
Puccini
Vocal
Competition
and recipient
of the
Sullivan
Foundation
Awards,
Mayor’s
Fellowship
in the
Arts
(City
of Atlanta)
and the
Martin
Luther
King,
Jr. Artistic
Achievement
Award.
Ms.
English-Robinson
has performed
on numerous
occasions
with
the Atlanta
Symphony
Orchestra under
the batons
of Robert
Shaw
and Yoel
Levi.
She made
her New
York
debut
at Lincoln
Center’s
Avery
Fisher
Hall
and later
returned
for performances
at Alice
Tully
Hall.
She has
performed
in recitals
throughout
the United
States,
at the National Cathedral in Washington,
D.C., Spivey
Hall in
Atlanta,
and as
soloist
with
the Chattanooga,
Montgomery,
Lexington,
Dekalb,
and Albany
Symphonies
and most
recently
with
Orchestra
Atlanta.
Equally
at home
with
opera
as with
recitals,
oratorio,
and chamber
music,
she has
performed
operatic
roles
from
standard
to contemporary
operas.
Last
April
she sang
the title
role
for the
world
premiere
of the
opera Zabette by
composer
Curtis
Bryant
and librettist
Mary
Bullard.
Ms.
English-Robinson
is presently
on the
voice
faculty
at Spelman
College,
a member
of Pi
Kappa
Lambda
Music
Honor
Society,
The National
Association
of Teachers
of Singing,
Delta
Omicron
Music
Fraternity,
national
coordinator
of Campus
Branches
for the National Association of Negro Musicians,
Board
member
and Co-founder
of Onyx
Opera
Atlanta,
Inc.
and member
of the
Buckhead/Cascade
Chapter
of the
Links,
Inc.
She is
a lifetime
member
of the
historic Ebenezer
Baptist
Church in
Atlanta
where
she serves
as Director
of the
Women’s
Chorus
(a summer-only
ensemble)
and in
media
production
with
the Multimedia
Ministry.
