Bradley Robinson

Bradley Robinson, baritone, is associate professor of music at the University of Mississippi where he has taught since 1997. He received his bachelor of music education degree from Fort Hays State University, his master of music from Florida State University, and his doctor of musical arts from the University of Illinois where he studied voice with Nicholas DiVirgilio. His teaching duties include studio voice and graduate and undergraduate level courses in both diction and vocal pedagogy.

Robinson has performed opera, oratorio, and musical theater throughout the United States with companies including the Atlanta Civic Opera, Opera Memphis, Charlotte Opera, St. Petersburg Opera, and the Chautauqua Opera. His professional opera credits include Escamillo (Carmen), Silvio (I Pagliacci), Guglielmo (Cosi Fan Tutte), Michele (Il Tabarro), and the title roles in Don Giovanni, Gianni Schicchi, and Dido and Æneas. Lighter fare includes the Pirate King (The Pirates of Penzance), Pish-Tush (The Mikado), and Billy Bigelow (Carousel). Robinson performed two years as artist in residence with Opera Carolina in roles including Papageno (The Magic Flute), Dandini (La Cenerentola), and the Father in Hansel and Gretel. In 1984 he sang the role of Captain Amadas in the world premiere of Ian Hamilton's opera Raleigh's Dream for the British-American Festival, and later went on to tour the opera in the title role.

In the fall of 2005, Robinson sang the role of Creon with Sinfonia da Camera in the North American premiere of Georges Enesco's opera Oedipe (aired on Romanian National Television), and will appear with them this fall as Bartolo in Le Nozze di Figaro. Other upcoming engagements include the role of Melchior in the Opera Memphis production of Amahl and the Night Visitors with Kallen Esperian, and appearing this spring as Tonio in Pagliacci. Recent performances include appearing with Opera Memphis as Alfio in their production of Cavalleria Rusticana, and with the Como Opera in the title role of their production of Gianni Schicchi.

An accomplished oratorio soloist, he has appeared with numerous symphony orchestras, including the Mississippi Symphony, and those of Tallahassee, Memphis, Hilton Head, Germantown, Jacksonville, and Corinth. His many credits include Handel's Messiah, Orff's Carmina Burana, the Requiems of Brahms, Fauré, and Mozart, Vaughn Williams Hodie, Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass and Bach's Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme. and solo cantata Ich habe genug.

Among his reviews, the Charlotte Observer states, "One thing can be said of his voice. It is truly beautiful," and the Tallahassee Democrat described his voice as "powerful and agile, and always expressive."

Active as a recitalist throughout the United States, Robinson performed his lecture recital entitled "Charles Ives: A Portrait in Song, A Melding of Life Experience and Musical Expression" at the Hawaii International 2005 Conference on Arts and Humanities. Performances of this work have previously been featured by the Los Angeles Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing at their Symposium on American Song Literature, and the Southern Regional Conference of the College Music Society. Dr. Robinson's numerous awards include the prestigious Performing Arts Fellowship from the University of Illinois, and National First Place Winner in the MTNA Wurlitzer Collegiate Artists Competition.This year he will appear as soloist with the Germantown Symphony Orchestra. Recent and upcoming recital performances include those for the University of Mississippi Faculty Artist Series, The Guest Artist Series of William Carey University, and a joint recital at the University of Utah. In the fall of 2007, Robinson will appear in recital at the 50th Anniversary Conference of the College Music Society, to be held in Salt Lake City.

Robinson is currently the Mississippi state president of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. He has served as both an adjudicator and master class clinician at Music Teachers National Association vocal festivals, and regularly adjudicates for NATS competitions, the latter at which he has appeared regionally as guest recitalist. He resides in Oxford, Mississippi, with his wife Jennifer, and two sons, Zachary and Jacob. He may be heard on Albany Records.