Organ Recital: Caroline Robinson

Dietrich Buxtehude (1637–1707)
Præludium in E Minor, BuxWV 142

Thomas H. Kerr (1915–1988)
Arietta

Jeanne Demessieux (1921-1968)
Étude No. 1: Pointes

Maurice Duruflé (1902–1986)
Scherzo, Op. 2

Max Reger (1873–1916)
Introduction and Passacaglia in D Minor (without Opus)


Originally from Greenville, South Carolina, Caroline Robinson is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, where she studied with Alan Morrison. Caroline began 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, and Mr. Thomas Bara of the Interlochen Center for the Arts. Caroline is a recipient of a grant from the J. William Fulbright fellowship fund. Aided by this generous grant, she studied during the 2013-14 year at the Conservatoire à Rayonnement Régional de Toulouse with Michel Bouvard, Jan Willem Jansen (organ), and Yasuko Bouvard (harpsichord). Caroline received the Master of Music from the Eastman School of Music in 2016 and is now a candidate for the Doctor of Musical Arts degree, in the studio of David Higgs.

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, Missouri), The Cathedral of St. John the Divine, and St. Thomas Fifth Avenue. Her playing has been broadcast on American Public Media’s Pipedreams, Pipedreams LIVE!, and Philadelphia-based WRTI’s Wanamaker Organ Hour. Caroline has performed in recent AGO Regional and OHS Conventions.

Caroline is the First Prize winner of the 11th annual Albert Schweitzer Organ Festival (2008) and the 10th annual West Chester University Organ Competition (2010). She was a semifinalist in the 2014 Dublin International Organ Competition and a quarterfinalist in the 2017 St. Albans International Organ Festival. In 2016 she received the top scholarship from the 25th annual Peter B. Knock Memorial Music Fund. She was included in the 2016 list of “20 Under 30” by the Diapason magazine.

Caroline serves as Assistant Organist at Third Presbyterian Church in Rochester, under the leadership of Director of Music Peter DuBois. She also holds the post of Executive Assistant for Organ Outreach within the Eastman Rochester Organ Initiative (EROI).