Kevin Robison

KEVIN ROBISON (b. 1966) is an American composer and conductor specializing in vocal, orchestral, piano and theatre music. With over 300 compositions, arrangements and orchestrations to his credit, Robison is known for a wide range of skillfully-crafted works that enthrall listeners and performers alike. He has received over one hundred commissions from ensembles in the U.S., including Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Turtle Creek Chorale, New York City Gay Men’s Chorus, and Seattle Men’s Chorus. His extended work for chorus and orchestra, Libertad, was premiered by Voices of Note in 2016, and his Fantasia on Appalachian Folk Songs for solo voice and orchestra was premiered in 2024 by Symphony of the Mountains, featuring American tenor Roy Cornelius Smith. Recordings of Robison's music include performances by The New York Virtuoso Singers, The William Baker Festival Singers, and San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus. His choral music is published by Hal Leonard, Oxford University Press, ECS and Alfred Music Publishing. He's also written, published, and recorded two holiday piano albums, streaming on Apple Music and other platforms. A passionate theatre musician, Robison was Resident Director of Music at California’s Pacific Conservatory Theatre (PCPA) for seven years, where he conducted professional productions and taught musical theatre classes. While there, he wrote his first book on singing for actors, received a Los Angeles Robby Award Nomination for his musical direction of Sweeney Todd, and composed scores for the plays Skylight, Macbeth, The Winter's Tale, and Twelfth Night, for which he received Best Original Score recognition in BackStage West. After more than a decade of devotion to leading and arranging ensembles in the LGBTQIA+ choral movement, he semi-retired to focus on arranging and composing. He lives in Atlanta.