Benjamin Robison » CV

Education

2001-2005 Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY

DMA Presidential Scholarship (Grad: 5/05)
Undergraduate Violin Teacher
Undergraduate Chamber Music Coach
Pre-college Chamber Music Coach
Graduate Chamber Music Coordinator
Elements of Music T.A. (Course Instructor)

1999-2001 The Peabody Institute of Music Baltimore, MD

G.P.D.
Teaching Assistant to Violaine Melançon
Internal Hearing Course Instructor

1993-1997 The Cleveland Institute of Music Cleveland, OH

B.M. Honors
M.M.

1992-1993 Private Study in Montréal

1991-1992 University of Manitoba

1989-1991 Ithaca College

Double degree candidate in physics and violin performance Ithaca, NY

Selected Performances: Solo and Chamber Music

2005 Duo Benefit Concert (Orient, NY)
2005 Solo Violin Performance at the Icehouse Gallery (Greenport, NY)
2005 Final DMA Recital - 10 New works for violin (Stony Brook, NY)
2005 Solo Violin recital at the Open Ear's Concert Series (Selden, NY)
2005 Brush Voice at the Charles B. Wang Center Theater (Stony Brook, NY)
2005 Chamber music program for the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
2005 Jazz performances with Ray Anderson in Disguise the Limit
2005 Solo recital for the Islip Arts Council (Islip, NY)
2004 Bartok Solo Sonata for World AIDS Day Benefit (Stony Brook, NY)
2004 Ravel Quartet and Mendelssohn Octet on the SB Chamber Music Festival
2004 Prokovief Quintet, Wolfgang Rihm 4th Quartet
2004 Frank Quintet with Ani Kavafian and Colin Carr (Stony Brook, New York)
2004 Premiered works by Joseph Diponio, Lisa Coons, Nicholas Walker, Kent Gustavson (New York)
2004 Baroque performance with Ridotto
2004 Astralis in Southold Auditorium Southold, NY
2004 The Arcades Project: A multimedia violin recital (Wang Center, Stony Brook)
2002 Performance of Duo for Families of Victims of 9/11 for Peace
2001-3 Stony Brook Doctoral Recitals and Chamber Performances (15+)
2001 Solo Improvisation Performance at the Lyric Theater (Kansas City)
2000-2001

Glendale Concert Series (PA)
Multimedia concert (The New Media Center: Johns Hopkins)
Cottenville, Maryland (Privately funded duo violin concert)
GPD requirement recitals

1999-2000

The Fontainebleau Concert Series (Fontainebleau/Avon, solo)
The Embassy Concert Series (Washington D.C., quartet)
Caribbean Tour (4 solo concerts)

1997-1998

Canmore (Alberta) Concert Series(solo)
The Banff Concert Series (15+ performances solo and chamber)
Including collaborations with Anton Kuerti and Laurence Lesser

1996-1997

Livonia Symphony Soloist
Cleveland Symphonic Orchestra Soloist
Solo and Chamber Recitals: Cleveland(3), OH; Lansing, Michigan(3); Montreal, PQ(1)

Teaching and Educational Experience

2004 Organized student outreach in Southold, NY with Ardesco
1999 - 2005 Private violin studio
2001- 2004 Teaching Assistant at Stony Brook University

Undergraduate Violin Teacher
Undergraduate Chamber Music Coach
Pre-college Chamber Music Coach
Graduate Chamber Music Coordinator
Elements of Music T.A. (Course Instructor)

2003 Organized and conducted outreach program at Smithtown High School
2003 Developed A Conceptual Guide to violin Playing to facilitate string teaching
2000 Teaching Assistant at the Peabody Conservatory of Music at Johns Hopkins
1999 Designed and performed programs to introduce classical music in the Okemos (Michigan) School District

Awards & Erata

2005 Presents on Imaginative Environments at SFA Encuentro Immokalee, FL
2005 Awarded Artist in Residence at the Banff Centre
2005 Winner NYFA Grant for Ardesco, Inc. production of Brush Voice
2004 Winner: William Steeple Davis House Award - 1 year residency
2004 Winner NYFA Grant for Ardesco, Inc. production of Astralis
2002 Winner of the Stony Brook University's Thomas Jefferson Award
2001 Founder of MAP: Musician's Alliance for Peace
2000 The Peabody/J.C. van Hulsteyn Award for violin
1999 Prix de Foutainebleau in chamber music
1997 Tuesday Musical Club 1st prize Toledo, OH
1997 Livonia Symphony Competition 1st prize
1992 CIBC Canadian National Music Festival Grand Prize

Production, Direction and Administration

2006 Produced Casting at the Icehouse Gallery, Greenport NY
2005 Produced 2005 Music for Peace Project (180 concerts in 25 countries in 3 days)
2004-5 Concieved and produced: Brush Voice by Ardesco
2004 Concieved and produced: The Music for Peace Project (70 concerts worldwide in three days: now an annual event)
2004-5 President The Musicians' Alliance for Peace
2004 Concieved and wrote and produced: The Arcades Project
2003-4 Concieved and Produced: Astralis by Ardesco
2003 -2005 President Ardesco Inc.
2003 Concieved and Produced: The Emerson Festival; 2 Days: 9 am - 10 pm each day
2002 Started Highschool Chamber Music Outreach Program SBU
2002-4 Coordinated Stony Brook Chamber Music
2001 Founding member and president of Musician's Alliance for Peace

Writings and Compositions

2005 Casting for Solo Violin and Tape
2005 Orient: 12 Impressions for Violin and Piano
2005 Hyperprism for String Trio
2005 Slant for Jazz Ensemble
2004 Barragadan: Quintet for Strings and light ring
2004 Abstact for 2 violins and 2 color fields
2004 Fugue for violin, cello and animation (in progress)
2003 Fugue for violin and dancer
2003 Arcades for multimedia improvisation
2003 Sextet (quartet, bass and oboe)
2003 Transcription for Sextet of Ricarar from Bach's Musical offering
2003 Typical for Jazz ensemble
2003 A Conceptual Basis for Violin Playing
2002 Duo for the Families of 9/11 for Peaceful Tomorrows
2001 Brahms' Romanze: A Heuristic Analysis derived from Poetic Response
2001 Light as a Theme and Context in Verdi's Othello
2001 Developing Intuition for Bart—k's Solo Sonata: Utilizing folk music resources to achieve an earnest performance practice
1999 Resolution by Metaphorical Fantasy
1999 A Short Reference on Practice and Performance Techniques
1997 The Performance Artist's Logbook
1997 The Competitive Athlete's Logbook

Major Teachers

Pamala Frank, Philip Setzer, Ani Kavafian, David Cerone, Linda Case, Stephen Majeski, Violaine Melancon, Claude Richard

Masterclasses and Coachings

Robert Mann, Joel Krosnik, Joseph Silverstein, Gerard Polet, Jasha Brodsky, Menaham Pressler, Miram Fried, Philippe Entremont, Loran Fenyves

Festivals

2001 Banff Centre Master Classes
2999 Mendelssohn String Quartet Seminar
1999 Fontainebleau Chamber Music Festival
1999 Banff Centre Chamber Music Session
1997-98 Banff Centre Long Term Residency
1996 Audobon String Quartet Seminar
1993 Banff Centre Pressler Masterclass
1992-1994 The Encore School for Strings
1987-1991 The Meadowmount School for Strings

Performance Highlights: Orchestral

2001-3 Stony Brook University Orchestra (concet master), Stony Brook
2000 The Peabody Symphony Orchestra (concert master), Baltimore
1999 Wild Ginger Philharmonic, New York City
1996 The Cleveland Institute of Music Orchestra (concert master)
1996 Ohio Chamber Orchestra, Cleveland
1996 Cleveland Opera Orchestra
1996 Carosel National Tour Orchestra (concert master), Cleveland
1995 Wheeling Symphony Orchestra, Wheeling, WV
1994 Erie Philharmonic, Erie, PA

References

Ani Kavafian: 3304 Staller Center, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794
Philip Setzer: 3304 Staller Center, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794
Dan Weymouth: 3304 Staller Center, SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 11794
Isobel Rolston: Music and Sound, Banff Centre for the Arts Box 1020, Station 23, Banff, Alberta, Canada TOL OCO