Joseph Robinson
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Throughout his career, Mr. Robinson has been instrumental in raising money and awareness for the performing arts. Music Education Since his own profound experience in the Lenoir Highschool Band, Mr. Robinson has been an outspoken advocate for music education. He has authored an article in the Wilson Quarterly concerning the need to reintroduce instrumental training in the nation's public schools and has raised private donations for music students from locations around the world. Mr. Robinson's invitation to Johanna Johnson, a 16-year-old oboe-playing cancer patient from California, that permitted her to fulfill a Make-A-Wish Foundation dream by performing in the New York Philharmonic, sparked international interest in December 2000. "Prelude to Piano" Mr. Robinson led the production of "Prelude to Piano," a one-of-a-kind concert event to raise money for a new Steinway piano for the Northern Valley Regional High School in Demarest, New Jersey. Internationally renowned artists, as well as arts administrators, politicians, and businesspeople joined in support to raise awareness about the need for high-quality arts education in our nation's public schools. New York Philharmonic & Philadelphia Orchestra Joint Concert In November 1996, Mr. Robinson produced a concert shared by players from the Philadelphia Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic in Camden, New Jersey -- a unique concert hailed by The New York Times as "a classic battle of the bands." "Heroes of Conscience" As a member of its board of directors in 1992, Joseph Robinson produced "Heroes of Conscience" for Union Theological Seminary -- both as a benefit concert, which helped raise $2 million for an endowment at the Seminary in memory of theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer, and as an Emmy-award-winning television concert/documentary. Davidson College Scholarship Fundraiser In 1983, Mr. Robinson he received an honorary Doctor of Music degree from his undergraduate alma mater, Davidson College, where with Zubin Mehta's help he created a scholarship fund for young musicians which totals nearly $1 million.
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