Brass, Winds, Percussion and Orchestra

Dr. Gary Auguste Robinson, Instructor
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Gary A. Robinson received a B.F.A. from the University of Connecticut, Education Certification earned at Hartt School of Music, an M.M. in Instrumental Conducting from Mississippi College, and a D.M.A. in Orchestral Conducting from the University of South Carolina. He received additional training in orchestral conducting from Symphony School of America, the Florida Festival Conductors Symposium, and the Conductors Guild Conducting Institute.

Robinson has served on the faculty of the Fine Arts Center of Greenville, South Carolina, and has been the Director of Greenville County Youth Orchestra since 1985. He also serves as Director of Greenville’s Foothills Philharmonic, a post he has held since 2000.

Robinson has appeared as a guest conductor with the Greenville Symphony Orchestra on numerous occasions and has served as its Artistic Program Advisor. In addition, Robinson has served on the conducting staff of Carolina Youth Symphony, and has held conducting posts with the Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra of Jackson, Mississippi (Founder and Director), Nutmeg Summer Theater in Storrs, Connecticut (Music Director), the 1993 and 1997 SC All-State orchestras. He has appeared as Guest Conductor with the Hendersonville (NC) Symphony Orchestra.

As a music faculty member of Greenville’s Fine Arts Center, he teaches percussion, band instruments, and Advanced Placement Music Theory. He has held adjunct positions as a percussion instructor at Limestone College, at the University of Connecticut, and at Furman University. Robinson has also served a band director in Mississippi public and private schools. He has performed as an orchestral percussionist since 1977 in Connecticut, Mississippi, Florida, and South Carolina, as well as with the American Wind Symphony Orchestra of Pittsburgh, PA. He currently performs with the Greenville Symphony Orchestra.

Gary’s wife since 1980 is noted violinist and teacher Kathleen S. Robinson. His first daughter, Chloe, attends the Oberlin Conservatory as an applied major in violin performance.  Thirteen-year-old daughter Caroline plays piano, organ, and violin.