Caroline Robinson, Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY

Giving her organ recital debut at age fourteen, Caroline Robinson is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with world-renowned organist and teacher Alan Morrison. Originally from Greenville, SC, she began her piano studies at age five and commenced organ studies at the age of 12 under the tutelage of Adam Pajan. She later studied extensively with Dr. Charles Tompkins of Furman University, Dr. Wilma Jensen of Nashville, TN, and Mr. Thomas Bara of the Interlochen Center for the Arts in Interlochen, MI. Caroline is a recipient of a grant from the J. William Fulbright fellowship fund. 

As a young performer, Caroline has had the opportunity to play at several important venues in the U.S., including the famed Wanamaker organ at Macy’s (Philadelphia), Verizon Hall at the Kimmel Center (Philadelphia), the Kauffman Center (Kansas City, MO), The Cathedral of St. Philip (Atlanta, GA), Central Synagogue (New York, NY), and many other churches and performance venues. Her playing has been broadcast on American Public Media’s “Pipedreams”, “Pipedreams LIVE!”, and Philadelphia-based public radio station 90.1 WRTI’s Wanamaker Organ Hour. In April of 2013, she was featured as a soloist with the Kansas City Symphony, giving three performances of the Poulenc Organ Concerto over the course of a weekend. Within that same engagement, she gave a solo recital as part of the organ recital series held at the Kauffman Center.

Caroline is the First Prize winner of the 11th Annual Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival (2008) and in the Tenth Annual West Chester University Organ Competition (2010). She is the four-time recipient of the Shirley Kroske Reinsmith Organ scholarship, presented by the Crescent Music Club of Greenville, SC. She was recently awarded a scholarship from the Sigurd I. Rislov and Jarmila H. Rislov Foundation. In the summer of 2010, she attended the Oundle for Organists course in Oundle, England. At the culmination of the course, she was awarded five recitals at venues across England; she traveled to the UK to play four of these five recitals in October of 2011.

While a student at Curtis, Caroline held the position of Organ Scholar at St. Paul’s Church of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, under the leadership of Music Director Zach Hemenway. There she helped lead and accompany the adult and children’s choirs, assisted with running the chorister program, and shared responsibilities for voluntaries and other duties.