Mary Kay Robinson
Internationally acclaimed flutist and winner of numerous competitions, Mary Kay Robinson has risen to prominence as a versatile musician, balancing roles as soloist, orchestral and chamber musician, teacher, coach, artistic and executive leadership in the arts. Critics heralded her New York solo debut “…dazzling virtuosity…a hugely talented and exciting soloist,” where she performed two concerti on two different instruments on the same program. She has been a featured soloist at Severance Hall with the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, the Southern Tier Symphony (NY), the Akron Symphony, the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra, the New Hampshire Music Festival, and as guest artist, performed, recorded, and toured with the symphony orchestras of Chicago, St. Louis, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Portland, Vermont, Detroit, Kansas City, Rhode Island, Cleveland, and Boston. As a chamber musician, Mary Kay has performed with musicians from Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, Music from Angel Fire, ChamberFest Cleveland, New Hampshire Music Festival, Grand Teton Festival, Odenwald Festpiele, Cleveland Orchestra, the Amici and Dog Cove Quartets, and was Artist in Residence at Banff Centre for the Arts. Faculty appointments include the Cleveland Institute of Music, Case Western Reserve University, Ithaca College, and the University of Akron where she teaches Chamber Music and Applied Flute/Piccolo. Her students include many competition winners and highly distinguished performers. She is a frequent clinician and judge for competitions and has several publications to her credit including B. Rubinstein Flute Sonata (Southern Music Co.), JS Bach Concerto for Piccolo and String Orchestra/ Wind Ensemble, arranged by William Hebert, and Small Ensemble Resource Guide (being used by Juilliard, Eastman, UT Austin, Dartmouth College, New England Suzuki Institute). Ms. Robinson founded the Greater Cleveland Flute Society and the prize-winning mixed chamber ensemble Panorámicos, whose three CDs have garnered international critical acclaim; “Top Pick of North America,” Editor’s Choice-Gramophone. Principal Flute of the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, and Piccolo with Grammy Award Winning Cleveland Chamber Symphony, she has commissioned, premiered, and recorded many new works featuring the flute, piccolo, and alto flute in solo and chamber capacities, as well as mixed instrumentation chamber music with voice. She is the former Chair of the National Flute Association’s Piccolo Committee.