N. SCOTT ROBINSON
2611 Edgewood Avenue 443-632-6200 Parkville, Maryland 21234-4012 [email protected] http://www.nscottrobinson.com
EDUCATION 2013 Ph.D. Musicology-Ethnomusicology, Kent State University Dissertation: “Tradition and Renewal: The Development of the Kanjira in South India” Co-Directors: Terry E. Miller and Ralph Lorenz Supporting Area: American History/Popular Culture Studies 2002 M.A. Ethnomusicology, Kent State University Thesis: “The New Percussionist in Jazz: Organological and Technical Expansion” Advisor: Terry E. Miller 1994 B.A. Music, Rutgers University Supporting Area: Anthropology
ACADEMIC HONORS, AWARDS, AND GRANTS 2011 Awarded $10,000.00 World Music Education Grant for Towson University World Music Ensemble from The Presser Foundation 2010 Winner of Indian Summer Music Award-Native Spirit category in Native American music for CD Wind & Fire by Mark Holland and N. Scott Robinson 2005-2006 Awarded $10,000.00 Senior Performing Arts Fellowship, American Institute of Indian Studies, University of Chicago, for study and research of percussion in Carnatic music in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, and Kerala, India 2002 Creative Arts Achievement Award, Kent State University, Graduate Student Senate 1996-2003 Awarded Full Tuition Scholarship and Graduate Teaching Assistantship at Hugh A. Glauser School of Music, Kent State University 1994 Griffis Prize for scholarly paper “Javanese and Balinese Gamelan,” Asian Studies Department, Rutgers College, Rutgers University 1992 Performed on CD Harlem Renaissance by Benny Carter, winner of Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Composition category 1989-1992 Nicholas Scholarship, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
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TEACHING EXPERIENCE 2003-2013 Full-time Lecturer 2003-2004/2006-2011, Adjunct 2004-2005, Adjunct II with Associate Graduate Status 2011-2013, Music Department, Music History and Culture/Instrumental Music Divisions, Towson University, Towson, MD GenEd Courses: MUSC 111 Introduction to Music in the U.S. MUSC 112 World Music: The Americas, Africa, and West Europe MUSC 113 World Music: East Europe, Asia, and the Middle East MUSC 127 Elements and History of Rock Music Music Major Courses: MUSA 170/370 World Music Ensemble MUSC 201 Music in the U.S.: Analytic Emphasis MUSA 313/413 Applied Music-World Percussion MUSC 421 Music in the U.S. MUSC 479 Special Topics in Music: Music of India MUSC 493 Independent Research in Music Graduate Music Major Courses: MUSC 521 American Music MUSC 579 Music of India MUSA 670 World Music Ensemble 2008-2013 Adjunct, Music Department, Goucher College, Towson, MD GenEd Course: MUS 104 Introduction to World Music Music Major Courses: MUS 150 Percussion Ensemble MUS 178 Applied Music-World Percussion MUS 299 Independent Work in Music 2004-2005 Adjunct, Music Department, Montgomery Community College, Rockville, MD GenEd Courses: MU 111 World Music MU 133 History of Jazz MU 136 American Popular Music 2003 Adjunct, School of Communication Studies, Kent State University, Kent, OH Undergraduate/Graduate Course: JMC 40193/50193 History of Popular Music in Film and Video 1996-2002 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Music Department, Kent State University, Kent, OH GenEd Course: MUS 22121 Music as a World Phenomenon (Teacher)
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Music Major Courses: MUS 12212 Music of Non-Western Cultures (Teacher) MUS 55311 African Music Ensemble (Teaching Assistant) 1998 Adjunct, School of Dance, The University of Akron, Akron, OH Dance Major Course: DA 321 Rhythmical Analysis for Dance 1996 Full-time Lecturer, Conservatory Dance/Instrumental Music Divisions, Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA Dance Major Course: DA 381 Dance Music Graduate Dance Accompanist Major Seminar: DA 531 Dance Accompanying Graduate Music Major Course: AP 502 Applied Percussion
RELATED EXPERIENCE Positions Held: Selected 2005-2013 Teaching Staff, World Percussion, Goucher College, Summer Arts Institute Drumset and Percussion Camp, Towson, MD Ensembles: Brazilian Ensemble, Frame Drum Ensemble, Amadinda Ensemble 1995-1996 Full-time Music Director, Conservatory Dance Division, Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA Guest Lectures: International 2012 “Italian Influences in the Improvisational Vocabulary of American Frame Drumming,” Li Ucci Festival 2, Cutrofiano, Salento, Italy, 3 October 2005 “Indian Influences in the Improvisational Vocabulary of American Frame Drumming,” Department of Indian Music, University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, 5 October Artist-in-Residence: Selected 2013 Percussion Department, The University of Tennessee, Martin, TN, 13 April 2012 Friends of Music and Arts, Guilford Central School, Guilford, VT, 15-17 February 2011 Music Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, 19 November 2010 Summer Percussion Camp, The Woodlands High School, The Woodlands, TX, 5-8 June 2009 Percussion Department, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC, 31 March-3 April 2008 Music Department, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, PA, 10 December 2007 Percussion Department, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, 19-20 March 2006 Percussion Department, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, 12-15 February 2005 Peabody Conservatory, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 11-13 August Percussion Department, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, 14-16 April N. Scott Robinson 4
2004 Percussion Department, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 24-25 January Workshops: Selected International 2012 Li Ucci Festival 2, Cutrofiano, Salento, Italy, 4 October Tamburi Mundi 7, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 1-4 August 2011 Tamburi Mundi 6, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 1-7 August Frame Drums Italia 3, Montelparo, Marche, Fermo, Italy, 2-5 June Greek Frame Drums Meeting 2, Chalkeia, Kryoneri, Greece, 25-28 May 2010 Frame Drums Italia 2, Montelparo, Marche, Fermo, Italy, 23-27 June 2009 Tamburi Mundi 4, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 3-9 August North American Frame Drum Association, NAFDA Canada, Royal Conservatory, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 14 June 2008 Greek Frame Drums Meeting, Mesolóngi, Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece, 17-20 March Workshops: Selected National 2013 Annapolis Area Christian School Summer Percussion Camp, Severn, MD, 9 July North American Frame Drum Association, NAFDA Midwest 4, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO, 27 April 2012 NAFDA Midwest 3, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO, 23-25 March 2011 International Hand Percussion Day, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 7 May 2010 Percussion Festival, Shepherd University, Shepherdstown, WV, 6 November NAFDA South, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, GA, 23 October NAFDA North 3, Vermont Jazz Center, Brattleboro, VT, 15-16 October NAFDA Midwest 1, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO, 30 April-1 May 2009 NAFDA West, REMO Recreational Music Center, North Hollywood, CA, 17 October NAFDA North 2, Vermont Jazz Center, Brattleboro, VT, 2-3 October 2008 NAFDA North 1, Vermont Jazz Center, Brattleboro, VT, 31 October Herdeljezi Romani Festival, National Cathedral School, Washington, DC, 17 May 2005 Peabody Conservatory, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 7, 13, 20 July 2000 Music Department, Saint John’s University, St. Joseph, MN, 27 October 1998 Kent State Folk Festival, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 13 September Lecture-Demonstrations: Selected 2012 Wiley H. Bates Middle School, Annapolis, MD, USA, 19 June Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD, USA, 18 June 2011 Angelo L. Tamso School, Warren, NJ, 17 May 2010 Glebe Elementary School, Arlington, VA, 18 June Saint James School, Falls Church, VA, 6 May Rock Terrace School, Rockville, MD, 6 April Gunston Elementary School, Lorton, VA, 8 January 2008 Lakeview Intermediate School, Stow, OH, 22 February
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PUBLICATIONS: Peer Reviewed Book Chapters 2010 “Ravi Shankar: Raga Sindhi-Bhairavi,” in Listen to This by Mark Evan Bonds with Jocelyn Neal, Joseph Kaminski, and N. Scott Robinson. Upper Saddle River: Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2nd edition, 292-299. Articles 2009 “Dance Accompanying: The Basic Steps,” in Dance in My Life. Edited by Dr. Kim Chandler-Vaccaro. Reston: National Dance Education Association, 42-44. 2003 “Berimbau” (co-authored with Richard Graham). Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 2: Performance and Production. Edited by John Shepherd, David Horn, Dave Laing, Paul Oliver, and Peter Wicke. New York: Continuum, 345-349. “Bodhrán” (co-authored with Mike Brocken). Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 2: Performance and Production. New York: Continuum, 349-350. “Frame Drums and Tambourines.” Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 2: Performance and Production. New York: Continuum, 362-372. “Mbira (Thumb Piano).” Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, Volume 2: Performance and Production. New York: Continuum, 388-394.
PUBLICATIONS: Selected Non-Peer Reviewed Articles 2007 “BataMbira: A Marriage of Sacred Music from Cuba and Zimbabwe.” Percussive Notes 45, no. 5 (October): 62. Oral History/Ethnographic Interviews 2014 “Steve Shehan: Expatriate Postmodern Percussionist.” Percussive Notes 52, no. 1 (January): 22-25. 2013 “Performing the Past, Present and Beyond: Glen Velez and Researching Frame Drum History.” Percussive Notes 51, no. 4 (July): 30-34. 2003 “Okay Temiz: Drummer of Many Worlds.” Percussive Notes 41, no. 4 (August): 28-30, 32-34. 2001 “Zakir Hussain: A Tale of Tabla.” Modern Drummer 25, no. 3 (March), 90-92, 94, 96, 98, 100. “John Bergamo: Percussion World View.” Percussive Notes 39, no. 1 (February): 8-17. 2000 “Naná Vasconcelos: The Nature of Naná.” Modern Drummer 24, no. 7 (July), 98-102, 104, 106, 108. “Rhythm Legend Airto: Then & Now.” Modern Drummer 24, no. 6 (June), 68-72, 74, 76, 78, 80, 82.
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“Glen Velez: A World of Sound in His Hands.” Modern Drummer 24, no. 4 (April), 72- 76, 78-80, 82, 84, 86. Reviews 2013 “Frame Drum Instruction Book by Torsten Pfeffer.” Percussive Notes 51, no. 5 (September): 78. “Frame Drum Rhythm Collection by Torsten Pfeffer.” Percussive Notes 51, no. 5 (September): 78. “Pieces for Frame Drum Volume 1 by Nora Thiele.” Percussive Notes 51, no. 5 (September): 78-79. “Optimisim by Tim Mocny and Mike List.” Percussive Notes 51, no. 5 (September): 79. “To Hit For With by Jay Batzner.” Percussive Notes 51, no. 5 (September): 79. “Second Drift by Kendra Kestner.” Percussive Notes 51, no. 5 (September): 79. 2012 “African & Afro-American Drums by Harold Courlander.” Percussive Notes 50, no. 5 (September): 97. “Drums of the Yoruba of Nigeria by William Bascom.” Percussive Notes 50, no. 5 (September): 98. Compositions and Commissions 2009 Carnatic Variations. Parkville: New World View Music, ensemble for solkattu and frame drums, commissioned by Winthrop University. 2008 Sankofa. Parkville: New World View Music, West African percussion ensemble, commissioned by Gettysburg College. 2006 Interior Design. Parkville: New World View Music, ensemble for solkattu and frame drums, commissioned by University of Missouri-Columbia. 2004 Orisha Offering. Parkville: New World View Music, trio for congas, commissioned by University of Kentucky. 2002 Mirage. Everett: HoneyRock Publishing, duet for riqq. Shaken, Not Stirred. Everett: HoneyRock Publishing, solo for riqq. Il Mano. Everett: HoneyRock Publishing, solo for tamburello. Bear Talk. Everett: HoneyRock Publishing, duet for pandeiro. Handful. Everett: HoneyRock Publishing, solo for bendir. Ethnographic Photographs 2015 Five photographs in The Other Classical Music, edited by Michael Church. London: Oxford University Press, in press. 2014 Nine photographs in World Music: A Global Journey, Concise Edition by Terry Miller and Andrew Shahriari. New York: Routledge, in press. 2012 Nine photographs in World Music: A Global Journey by Terry Miller and Andrew Shahriari. New York: Routledge, 3rd edition, 91-92, 99, 109-110, 119, 124, 265, 356.
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2008 Seventeen photographs in The Concise Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Edited by Ellen Koskoff, Jacob Love, Portia Maultsby, Terry Miller, Dale Olsen, Jennifer Post, Ruth Stone, and Sean Williams. New York: Routledge, volumes 1-2, 418, 421, 918, 924, 932, 978-982, 985, 994-996, 1029, 1157, 1160.
RESEARCH INTERESTS American Music, Carnatic Music, Ethnography, Ganda Music, Iconography, Organology, Popular Music, Reinterpretation, Shona Music, Transculturation
FIELDWORK EXPERIENCE 2012 Italy: Southern Italian Folk Music 2010-2011 Italy: Central Italian Folk Music 2010-2011 USA: Shape Note Hymnody 2008-2010 USA: Plains and Southwestern Native American Music 2005-2006 India: Carnatic Music, Kerala Folk Music 2003-2004 Republic of Korea: Court Music 1999, 2001 Republic of Korea: Nangok 1998 USA: African American Baptist Church, Gospel, CD release God is Good 1997-2000 USA: Midwestern Folk Music 1993-1994 Japan: Buddhist Music, Popular Music 1991 Japan: Shinto Music
CONFERENCE ORGANIZING EXPERIENCE 2013 North American Frame Drum Association, Inc., NAFDA Midwest 4, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO, 27 April 2012 NAFDA North 5, The Grafton Inn, Grafton, VT, 27-29 July NAFDA Midwest 3, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO, 23-25 March 2011 NAFDA North 4, The Old Tavern, Grafton, VT 29-31 July NAFDA Midwest 2, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO, 8 May 2010 NAFDA South, Georgia Perimeter College, Clarkston, GA, 23 October NAFDA North 3, Vermont Jazz Center, Brattleboro, VT, 15-16 October NAFDA Midwest 1, St. Louis Community College, St. Louis, MO, 30 April-1 May 2009 NAFDA West, REMO Music Center, North Hollywood, CA, 17 October NAFDA North 2, Vermont Jazz Center, Brattleboro, VT, 2-3 October NAFDA Canada, Royal Conservatory, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, June 14 NAFDA East 2, The Community of St. John Baptist, Mendham, NJ, 26-29, March 2008 NAFDA North 1, Vermont Jazz Center, Brattleboro, VT, 31 October-1 November NAFDA East 1, The Community of St. John Baptist, Mendham, NJ, 28-30 March
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS Papers 2008 “Conservation, Performance Practice, and Pedagogy: Issues in Kanjira Research in India,” North American Frame Drum Association, NAFDA East 1, Mendham, NJ, 29 March 2002 “Brazil and Beyond: The Technical and Timbral Expansion of the Berimbau in Popular Musics,” Society for Ethnomusicology International Conference, Estes Park, CO, 26 October “Brazil and Beyond: The Technical and Timbral Expansion of the Berimbau in Popular Musics,” Society for Ethnomusicology Niagara Chapter Annual Meeting, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY, 9 March Panel Discussions 2012 “World Music Ensembles and Community Engagement: Various Perspectives,” Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Austin, TX, 2 November 2008 “Teaching Classical Musicians Improvisation,” International Society for Improvised Music, University of Denver, Denver, CO, 8 December 2002 “Manufacturers and Artists,” Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Columbus, OH, 15 November Clinics 2011 “Frame Drum Techniques,” Percussive Arts Society MD/DE Chapter Day of Percussion, Goucher College, Towson, MD, 13 February 2009 “Hand Drumming and Brushes,” Percussive Arts Society SC Chapter Day of Percussion, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC, 4 April 2008 “Hand Drumming and Brushes,” Percussive Arts Society VA/WA, DC Chapter Day of Percussion, Flint Hill School, Oakton, VA, 5 April 2007 “Modern Kanjira in Carnatic Music,” Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Columbus, OH, 2 November 2004 “Solo Repertoire for Frame Drums,” Percussive Arts Society MD/DE Chapter Day of Percussion, Towson University, Towson, MD, 28 March 1999 “Frame Drum Improvisation,” Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Columbus, OH, 29 October 1997 “Introduction to Mbira,” Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Anaheim, CA, 20 November 1996 “Hand Drumming: Unifying Technique,” Percussive Arts Society International Convention, Nashville, TN, 22 November “Hand Drumming: Unifying Technique,” Percussive Arts Society VA/WA, DC, Chapter Day of Percussion, Fairfax, VA, 30 March 1995 “Dance Accompanying: Percussion for Pianists,” International Guild of Musicians in Dance Conference, Marymount Manhattan College, New York, NY, 3 June N. Scott Robinson 9
Concerts at Conferences with Performing Artists 2013 Towson University World Music Ensemble, Percussive Arts Society MD/DE Chapter Day of Percussion, Towson University, Towson, MD, 3 March 2012 Towson University World Music Ensemble, Percussive Arts Society MD/DE Chapter Day of Percussion, Goucher College, Towson, MD, 12 February 2011 K.S. Resmi, Five College Undergraduate Middle East and South Asian Studies Conference, Amherst College, Amherst, MA, 16 April 2010 R. Carlos Nakai, International Native American and World Flute Association Convention, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI, 14-18 July 2008 Bill Miller, International Native American and World Flute Association Convention, University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire, WI, 9-13 July 2001 R. Carlos Nakai, International Native American and World Flute Association Convention, Kent State University, Kent, OH, 9 June 1998 Malcolm Dalglish, American Choral Directors Association Conference, Detroit, MI, 12 February
PERFORMANCES As a performer of various American and world musics, I have given over 700 concerts at major festivals, venues, and universities throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. Since 1990, I have consistently performed in 31 states of the USA and internationally in eight other countries in solo performances and ensemble work with Native American artists Bill Miller, R. Carlos Nakai, Mary Youngblood, Valerie Naranjo, Joseph FireCrow, Mark Holland, American folk artists Malcolm Dalglish and Chris Layer, American jazz artists Benny Carter, Larry Coryell, Paul Winter Consort, Michael Formanek, Howard Levy, Robert Musso, Jeanie Bryson, American pop vocalists Regina Belle, Gerald Alston, world music artists Simon Shaheen, Glen Velez, U.K. Sivaraman, Antonio Melagari, Steve Gorn, Nóiríin Ní Riain, Steáfán Hannigan, and American art music composers John Cage, George Crumb, Michael Colgrass, Annea Lockwood, Elodie Lauten, Daniel Goode, and Halim El-Dabh. CDs and Video: Solo and Duo Recordings 2013 Lost In The Beauty Of It All, Mark Holland/N. Scott Robinson, Cedar ‘n’ Sage Music 2009 Wind & Fire, Mark Holland/N. Scott Robinson, Cedar ‘n’ Sage Music 2001 Things That Happen Fast, N. Scott Robinson, New World View Music 1996 Hand Drumming: Exercises for Unifying Technique, N. Scott Robinson, video, WHD 1994 World View, N. Scott Robinson, United One Records CDs: Selected Ensemble Recordings 2012 Lizard’s Tale, Dennis Haklar/Larry Coryell, Floating White Lotus Michael Colgrass: Percussion Music, 1951-1975, Patrick Roulet, Equilibrium 2007 Into The Sky, Malcolm Dalglish, Ooolitic Music 2006 Alchemy of Abundance, Rick Jarow, Ph.D., Sounds True 1997 Pleasure, Malcolm Dalglish, Ooolitic Music N. Scott Robinson 10
1993 Thousand Year Dreaming, Annea Lockwood, ¿What Next? Recordings 1992 Harlem Renaissance, Benny Carter Big Band, Music Masters Performances: Selected International Festival Concerts and Tours 2012 Li Ucci Festival 2, Cutrofiano, Salento, Italy, 5-6 October Tamburi Mundi 7, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 3-4 August 2011 Tamburi Mundi 6, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 6-7 August Frame Drums Italia 3, Montelparo, Marche, Fermo, Italy, 4-5 June Greek Frame Drums Meeting 2, Chalkeia, Kryoneri, Greece, 28 May 2010 Frame Drums Italia 2, Montelparo, Marche, Fermo, Italy, 26-27 June 2009 Tamburi Mundi 4, Freiburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, 8-9 August North American Frame Drum Association-Canada, Royal Conservatory, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 14 June 2008 Greek Frame Drums Meeting 1, Mesolóngi, Aetolia-Acarnania, Greece, 20 March 2005 Department of Indian Music, University of Madras, Tamil Nadu, India, 6 October 2004 Seoul Drum Festival, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul, Korea, 8-10 October International Improvisation Dance Festival, Min-ju Theater, Busan, Korea, 21-22 April Seoul International Crossover Improvisation Dance Festival, Munyae Theater, Seoul, Korea, 19-20 April 2003 International Improvisation Dance Festival, Kyungsung University, Busan, Korea, 28 April Seoul International Crossover Improvisation Dance Festival, Munyae Theater, Seoul, Korea, 23-25 April 2001 Sinchon Culture Festival, Seoul, Korea, 27-28 May Korea Drum Festival, Gwacheon City, Korea, 24-26 May 2000 Tour with Malcolm Dalglish, Buchan, Bright, Bendigo, Yering, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 10, 12-15 April 1999 Seoul Performing Arts Company, Seoul, Korea, 14-23 July 1994 Japan Percussion Center, Tokyo, Japan, 22 October Performances: Selected National Festival Concerts 2013 Native Rhythms Festival, Melbourne, FL, 9-10 November 2012 ArtScape, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, 22 July 2011 World Arts Festival, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD, 29 September ArtScape, University of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD, 15 July Musical Echoes Festival, Fort Walton Beach, FL, 29-30 April 2010 Yosemite Flute Festival, Oakhurst, CA, 25 September 2008 St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s Explosions Percussion Festival, University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO, 23 November Many Moons Asian Festival, Towson University, Towson, MD, 6 September 2007 Sun to Stars India Festival, New York, NY, 8 September N. Scott Robinson 11
2004 Baltimore International Rhythm Festival, Baltimore, MD, 2 October 2003 Lotus World Music Festival, Bloomington, IN, 26-27 September 1999 Lotus World Music Festival, Bloomington, IN, 25-26 September 1998 Lotus World Music Festival, Bloomington, IN, 25-27 September Bloomington Early Music Festival, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, 19 May 1997 Kent State Folk Festival, Kent, OH, 12-14 September 1995 Bang on a Can Festival, Lincoln Center, New York, NY, 21 May Performances: Selected National Concerts 2013 Vermont Jazz Center, Brattleboro, VT, 8 March 2012 Hood College, Frederick, MD, USA, 21 February 2011 Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD, 10 September 2010 Strathmore Music Center, North Bethesda, MD, 23 April 2009 Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL, 18 November Swallow Hill Music Association, Denver, CO, 11 October Southwestern Illinois College, Bellville, IL, 22 September 2007 Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA, 25 March 2005 Montgomery College, Rockville, MD, 28 April 2004 University of Illinois, Springfield, IL, 23 October University of Missouri, St. Louis, MO, 22 October Paul Winter, Burgdorff Cultural Center, Maplewood, NJ, 29 May 2003 George Mason University, Vienna, VA, 6 December Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Millennium Stage, Washington, DC, 14 March 2002 The Cleveland Orchestra, Severance Hall, Cleveland, OH, 13-14 December West Virginia University, Parkersburg, WV, 6 April Malcolm Dalglish/Henry Leck, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 17 March 2001 Indiana University Playhouse, Nashville, IN, 10 November The University of Akron, Akron, OH, 16 June Malcolm Dalglish/Henry Leck, Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, 7 April 2000 College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, 3 November College of Saint Benedict-Saint John’s University, St. Joseph, MN, 29 October 1998 Earlham College, Richmond, IN, 28 September Westminster College, New Wilmington, PA, 19 April 1997 Toledo Art Museum, Toledo, OH, 10 May 1996 Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC, 24 March 1994 Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, 24 April 1993 Annea Lockwood, St. Peter’s Church, New York, NY, 14 April 1992 Benny Carter Big Band, The State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ, 7-9 February 1991 Marilyn Horne, The State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ, 10 November N. Scott Robinson 12
1990 Paul Winter, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY, 14-16 December Glen Velez, The Knitting Factory, New York, NY, 16 August Gerald Alston, Apollo Theater, New York, NY, 10 February Performances: Selected National Concerts for Theater, Dance, and Television 2008 David in Shadow and Light, Theater J, Washington, DC, 6 May-15 June 2007 American Voices PBS TV, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA, 23 March 2006 The Persians, Shakespeare Theatre-Lansburgh, Washington, DC, 4 April-21 May 1997 Anthony & Cleopatra, composer Halim El-Dabh, Playhouse, Cleveland, OH, 19 January Fluctuating Hemlines, Joyce Theatre, New York, NY, 4-9 February Performances: Selected Concerts/Master Classes in Service of Towson University 2013 Choral, 23 November World music ensemble, 18 November Student recitals, 8 November/11 April Faculty winds recital, 1 October All of U.S. 3 American music, 9 April NASM recital, 8 April World music faculty recital, 26 February 2012 Student recitals, 8/11 December Percussion/world music ensembles, 2 December Choral, 1 December All of U.S. 2 American music, 4 April 2011 Percussion/world music ensembles, 4 November Organizer, All of U.S. 1 American music, 25 October Chamber music faculty recital, 13 September World music faculty recitals, 3/11 April World music recital with Valerie Naranjo, 10 March 2010 World music ensemble, 21 November New music ensemble faculty recital with Michael Colgrass, 13 October World music faculty recital, 4 October 2009 Percussion master class, 23 April World music faculty recital, 16 February 2008 Jazz faculty recital with Michael Formanek, 3 November 2007 Jazz master class, 24 April Performances: Selected Concerts/Presentations in Service of Goucher College 2013 Student recital, 21 November All the Things We Are American music, 29 October Percussion ensemble, 29 April 2012 Percussion ensemble, 26 November 2011 World music faculty recital, 14 September N. Scott Robinson 13
Percussion faculty recital, 20 July 2010 World music faculty recital, 29 September African music presentation, 25 February 2009 Percussion faculty recital, 15 April
STATE AND NATIONAL ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE 2007-2013 Chair and Treasurer, North American Frame Drum Association, Inc. 2006-2013 Member, Asian Arts and Culture Center Advisory Committee, Towson University 2006-2013 Member, World Percussion Committee, Percussive Arts Society 2011-2012 Member, Graduate Committees (2) for Jazz Recital-Research Papers, Towson University 2002-2003 Member, Popular Music Section Committee, Society of Ethnomusicology 2001-2002 Out-of-State Juror, International Music Performance, Maryland State Arts Council 1999-2001 Booking Consultant, Korean Performing Arts Series, The Korea Society, New York, NY
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS 2012 Dhrupad Music Institute of America 2008 Society for American Music 2007 North American Frame Drum Association, Inc. 2003 Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honorary Society, Delta Chi Chapter 2002 Society for Ethnomusicology 1995 Broadcast Music, Inc. 1990 Percussive Arts Society
SPECIAL SKILLS Japanese, Website Development, Concert Production, Live Sound Engineering, ProTools 11, Dreamweaver CS6, Sibelius 7.1.3, MS-Office 2011/2013, Digital Photography/Audio/Video Editing, PeopleSoft, Blackboard, MAC/PC Fluent
REFERENCES Dr. Kalin Kirilov, Assistant Professor in Music Theory Towson University, Music Department 8000 York Road Towson, Maryland 21252-0001 Phone: 443-322-6739 E-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Terry E. Miller, Professor Emeritus (previously Ethnomusicology Coordinator) 2005 Willow Ridge Circle Kent, Ohio 44240 Phone: 330-673-3763 E-mail: [email protected] N. Scott Robinson 14
PRESS ON N. SCOTT ROBINSON: Selected
“Lost in the Beauty of it All unequivocally illustrates the exceptional musical artistry of Mark Holland and world percussionist N. Scott Robinson, as both soloists and collaborative artists. N. Scott Robinson is simply one of the finest world percussionists in the business.” CD review by Dr. Kathleen Joyce- Grendahl, Overtones 1 (May 2013): 40.
“Wind & Fire explores the special chemistry that can exist between wooden flute and assorted melodic percussion, as superbly played by N. Scott Robinson.” CD review by Bill Binkelman, New Age Retailer 23, no. 5 (Fall 2009), 90.
“Things That Happen Fast, listeners will find this the kind of music to which they are, in fact, likely to wish to return to again and again.” CD review by Michael Tucker, Jazz Journal International 56, no. 12 (December 2003): 40.
“The compositions are strong, and Robinson should be commended for the unique timbres he blended in each one. World View is a breath of fresh air.” CD review by Lisa Rogers, Percussive Notes 41. No. 6 (December 2003): 70.
“As far as the original selections that feature his hand drumming artistry are concerned, Robinson can indeed claim to have found ‘his own sound.’” CD review by John Rausch, Percussive Notes 40, no. 4 (August 2002): 78.
“And for those who can appreciate the most precise and clean technique of N. Scott Robinson, listen to his solo pieces on Things That Happen Fast . . . Robinson is a musician we hope to see in our country soon.” CD review by Peppe Consolmagno, Percussioni 13 [Italy], no. 133 (October 2002), 9.
“That he has mastered his instruments and has studied the masters well is evident in every tone.” CD review by Heinz Kronberger, Drums & Percussion 3 [Germany], (May/June 2002), 97.
“N. Scott Robinson is a musical conjurer; the audience loved it!” Concert review by Audrey Burk, Voice of the Wind 1, no. 1 (2002): 21.
“Wind & Fire is fresh and alive, with pure melodic explorations and the most comprehensive, skilled world percussion playing that I have heard to date. Mark Holland’s and N. Scott Robinson’s Wind & Fire is a compelling, masterful musical achievement.” CD review by Dr. Kathleen Joyce-Grendahl, Voice of the Wind 7, no. 2 (2009): 24-25. N. Scott Robinson 15
“On Wind & Fire, the talented flutist Mark Holland is paired with tuned, melodic percussionist N. Scott Robinson, and their marriage is made in musical heaven. Wind & Fire is equal parts passion and subtlety.” CD review, Inspired Retailer (2009).
“An interesting treatment of a unique musical avenue.” Video review by Victor Rendón, Modern Drummer 21, no. 8 (August 1997), 130.
“Annea Lockwood’s Thousand Year Dreaming opened with an arresting effect I’d never heard before: Art Baron and N. Scott Robinson, blowing through conch shells, played a series of converging glissandi in opposite directions, creating wild beat patterns as their pitches neared each other. In between solos and rubbed gongs, I got what I listen to music for: chills up my spine.” Concert review by Kyle Gann, The Village Voice (2 January 1991), 71.
“Elodie Lauten streamlined her style, playing mellow jazz patterns of early Terry Riley with percussion by N. Scott Robinson including a nice steel drum solo.” Concert review by Kyle Gann, The Village Voice (15 May 1991), 86.