Robin Johnson
Artist-in-Residence in OboeMs. Johnson joined the faculty at Kennesaw State University in 1998. Her current posts are Principal Oboe of the Atlanta Ballet, Principal Oboe of the Cobb Symphony Orchestra, and Second Oboe/English Horn of the Atlanta Opera Orchestra. From 1990-98 she served as Principal Oboe of the Windsor Symphony in Ontario, Canada.
Ms. Johnson has performed with the Detroit, Atlanta, Alabama and Columbus Symphony Orchestras, the Detroit Chamber Winds, Michigan Opera Theatre, Atlanta's contemporary music ensemble, Thamyris, and performed as Oboe/English Horn soloist with the world premiere production of Elton John's Elaborate Lives. A frequent studio musician, Ms. Johnson performed as Oboe/English Horn soloist on the Grammy-winning title track "I Believe I Can Fly" for the movie Space Jam. As concerto soloist, she has had engagements with the Atlanta Wind Symphony, Cobb Symphony Orchestra, Windsor Symphony, Seattle Philharmonic, and Washington-Idaho Symphony in works of Albinoni, Bach, Barber, Copland, Goossens and Mozetich.
Originally from Puyallup, Washington, Ms. Johnson earned BM degrees in oboe and piano performance and in music education at Washington State University, and a MM degree in oboe performance at the University of Michigan. Her principal oboe teachers are Harry Sargous, Laurence Thorstenberg, and Barbara Cantlon. Other influential oboists with whom she has worked include Heinz Holliger, Robert Bloom, Richard Woodhams, and William Bennett, Elaine Douvas, and Linda Strommen. Her piano studies included work with David Kaiserman, Merilyn Jacobson and Ruby Bailey Ronald.
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