Aaron Robinson (composer)
| Aaron Robinson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1970 (age 46–47) Camden, Maine, U.S. |
| Genres | Classical, jazz, ragtime, film, Broadway |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, conductor, author |
| Instruments | Piano, organ |
| Years active | 1986–present |
| Labels | Music at Immanuel |
| Website | aaronrobinson |
Aaron Robinson is an American composer, conductor, and musicologist. He is the author of Does God Sing? – A Musical Journey. He created the musical work Black Nativity – In Concert: A Gospel Celebration. He also served as conductor and musical director in the PBS documentary On This Island. In 2013, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for composing Maine Public Broadcasting Network's Maine Arts series theme music.
Robinson attended Medomak Valley High School in Waldoboro, Maine. At 16 years of age, a self-taught musician who never took piano lessons, he became the organist at both the Broad Cove Community Church in Cushing and the Friendship United Methodist Church. By his late teens, he was creating, performing and producing concerts and theatrical productions, including the musical Moody Blue for which he wrote both the music and lyrics. According to a 2013 interview, Robinson studied composition and piano performance at the Boston Conservatory of Music with composer John Adams and Lawrence Thomas Bell, and film scoring with John Williams at the Berklee School of Music. In 2001, he became organist and choir master for “Music at Immanuel” at the Immanuel Baptist Church in Portland, Maine.
In 2009, he retired from public performing due to illness. During which time Robinson wrote the memoir, Does God Sing – A Musical Journey. It reached #5 on the Barnes & Nobles best-sellers non-fiction paperback list for March 2013.
Currently, Robinson lives on the coast of Maine with his wife and son.
Robinson has conducted works for the concert and theatrical stage, including Leonard Bernstein's Candide – The Concert Version. In 1997, Robinson conducted Treemonisha: The Concert Version by ragtime composer Scott Joplin at the Rockport Opera House in Rockport, Maine, with a new libretto by Judith Kurtz Bogdanove.
In 2001, he orchestrated, arranged, and conducted the musical Islands, which was produced on Broadway at the New Victory Theater by John Wulp, with music and lyrics by Cindy Bullens.
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