Mrs. Laura English-Robinson, Voice Instructor
Spelman College (Atlanta, Georgia

A native of Atlanta, Georgia, Laura English-Robinson received her B.A.
degree from Spelman College and the M.M. degree from the College-
Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati. She has been a
scholarship recipient and vocal fellow at the Berkshire Music Center
(Tanglewood), the Brevard Music Center, the Mozarteum in Salzburg and
the AIMS summer study program in Graz, Austria. She has toured Italy, the
United States, and South America performing in chamber, solo, orchestra,
and opera performances. She was also the winner of Italy’s Golden Puccini
Vocal Competition and recipient of the Sullivan Foundation Awards, Mayor’
s Fellowship in the Arts (City of Atlanta) and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Artistic
Achievement Award.


Mrs. English-Robinson has performed on numerous occasions with the
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra under the batons of Robert Shaw, Yoel Levi
and Robert Spano. She made her New York debut at Lincoln Center’s
Avery Fisher Hall and later returned for performances at Alice Tully Hall. She
has performed in recitals throughout the United States, at the National
Cathedral in Washington, D.C., Spivey Hall in Atlanta, Piccolo Festival in
Charleston, SC, and as soloist with the Chattanooga, Montgomery,
Lexington, Dekalb, and Albany Symphonies and Orchestra Atlanta. Equally
at home with opera as with recitals, oratorio, and chamber music, she has
performed operatic roles from standard to contemporary operas, including
the title role for the world premiere of the opera Zabette by composer Curtis
Bryant and librettist Mary Bullard. Mrs. English-Robinson recently completed
a six-week summer performance tour of Porgy and Bess in Paris (France),
Granada (Spain), Caen (Normandy) and returned in October 2008 for
additional performances in Luxembourg.


Mrs. English-Robinson is presently on the voice faculty at Spelman College,
a member of Pi Kappa Lambda Music Honor Society, The National
Association of Teachers of Singing, Delta Omicron Music Fraternity, national
coordinator of Collegiate Young Artists Concerts for the National Association
of Negro Musicians, and a  member of the Buckhead/Cascade City
Chapter of the Links, Inc. She is a lifetime member of the historic Ebenezer
Baptist Church in Atlanta where she serves as Founder/Director of the
Singing Sisters, a thirty-five voice women’s chorus.
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