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Paula Robison

Paula Robison

Education and Training

BS, The Juilliard School; DMA, San Francisco Conservatory. Studies with Marcel Moyse and Julius Baker.

Awards and Recognition

First American to win First prize, Geneva International Competition

Profiled on CBS-TV "Sunday Morning:

Invited at age 20 by Leonard Bernstein to be soloist with New York Philharmonic, joined roster of Young Concert Artists

Premio Pegaso, Adelaide Ristori prizes for contributions to Italian cultural life

Paula Robison

Division: College

Department: Woodwinds

Instrument: Flute

Paula Robison has played a major role internationally in redefining the flute as a solo instrument. At NEC, she occupies a teaching chair endowed in 2005 by Charles "Chuck" and Donna Hieken, with matching funds from the Nicholas Family Challenge.

A founding member of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Robison was also a co-director of the Spoleto Festivals in the US and Italy for over 30 years, earning her the Premio Pegaso and the Adelaide Ristori prizes for her contribution to Italian cultural life.

Robison has commissioned works for flute and orchestra by Leon Kirchner, Toru Takemitsu, Oliver Knussen, Kenneth Frazelle, and Robert Beaser.

Publications: The Paula Robison Flute Warmups Book, The Andersen Collection (European American Music Publishers), Paula Robison Flute Masterclass: Paul Hindemith (Schott), The Sidney Lanier Collection, Paula Robison Masterclass: Frank Martin (Universal Edition), To a Wild Rose (G. Schirmer-Associated), Sparklers for piccolo and piano, Amazing Grace and La Serenata for flute and guitar, and A Touch of Blue A for flute and piano (Theodore Presser).

Recordings on Mode, Bridge, MusicMasters, Marlboro Recording Society, CBS Masterworks, Sony Classical, Vanguard, Omega, Pergola Recordings.

Curriculum Vitae

BS, The Juilliard School; DMA, San Francisco Conservatory. Studies with Marcel Moyse and Julius Baker.

  • First American to win First prize, Geneva International Competition
  • Profiled on CBS-TV "Sunday Morning:
  • Invited at age 20 by Leonard Bernstein to be soloist with New York Philharmonic, joined roster of Young Concert Artists
  • Premio Pegaso, Adelaide Ristori prizes for contributions to Italian cultural life

Affiliated Departments and Programs

Woodwinds