Johnathan Robinson to join MACP for 2023 season

Clarinetist and Florida native Johnathan C. Robinson holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts and a Master of Music degree from Arizona State University. Before moving to Phoenix in 2007, Dr. Robinson received his Bachelor of Music degree from The University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, NC.

Dr. Robinson is a Teaching Artist and Board Member for the Daraja Music Initiative (DMI). Daraja Music Initiative is a non-profit organization that provides music and conservation education to primary students in Moshi, Tanzania, during the summer. Dr. Robinson has also studied solo and chamber repertoire at the Belgium Clarinet Academy in Oostende, Belgium, with clarinetists Robert Spring and Eddy Vanoosthuyse.

Before joining Brophy College Preparatory's faculty in 2019 as the Director of Instrumental Ensembles, Dr. Robinson was the Director of Bands and the Single Reed and Bassoon Instructor at Arizona School for the Arts. He previously held the position of Principal Clarinet with the Chandler Symphony Orchestra, Phoenix Opera, and Scottsdale Arts Orchestra. Dr. Robinson resides in Phoenix, where he enjoys an active career teaching and performing.

His primary teachers include Peter Wright, Bob Listokin, Daniel McKelway, Igor Begelman, and Robert Spring.