Biography
Robin Jensen is currently Instructor of Collaborative Piano and the Music Director for the opera program at the University of Central Florida. She oversees the Class Piano program and is the collaborative pianist for all of the University of Central Florida Choirs.
Robin is the former Youth Company Director for Opera Orlando where she founded their Youth Program, as well as serves as conductor, chorus master and pianist for different productions. She has been a vocal coach, chorus master and children’s chorus master for many Orlando Philharmonic Orchestras' musical and opera productions and has worked with such companies as Minnesota Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera and Opera IOWA where she developed the educational opera company and created their first outreach opera workshops. During her tenure with the Orlando Opera, Robin served as a conductor, assistant conductor and stage director for many opera productions and held the title of Director of Music Administration and Education. She was also instrumental in the development of the Resident Artist and founded their Youth Programs.
Robin was a vocal coach with the University of Vermont, Ithaca College, Cornell University and Rollins College. She has presented Singing/Acting master classes for colleges and universities across the country, as well as performed as a collaborative pianist for recitals and other performances. Since 1999, Robin has been Artistic Director for “Camp Madhatter” a summer intensive music drama camp in Minnesota. Each year the Camp focuses on a different theatrical theme from which a two week curriculum is created.
Robin holds a BM and a MM in Piano Performance from Drake University with additional collaborative piano studies from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She received the prestigious Martha Ellen Tye scholarship for collaborative piano study at the American Institute of Music in Graz, Austria where she studied piano with Jan Meyorowitz and French diction with Margarite Meyerowitz. Other primary teachers include Susan Webb, Wesley Balk, Guy Wuellner and Nathan Schwartz.
Education
- B.M. in Piano Performance/Pedagogy from Drake University
- M.M. in Piano Performance from Drake University
- M.M. in Additional Collaborative Piano Studies from San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Courses
| Course # | Course | Title | Mode | Days/Times | Syllabus | |
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| 82510 | MUO3503L | Opera Workshop | In Person (P) | F 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Syllabus | |
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The fundamental purpose of Opera Workshop is the study, appreciation, and performance of opera. This semester we will plan, rehearse, and perform a program of opera scenes. See the "Class Schedule" portion of the course syllabus for the dates, times, and locations of those performances. |
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| 82511 | MUO5505L | Graduate Opera Workshop | In Person (P) | F 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Syllabus | |
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The fundamental purpose of Opera Workshop is the study, appreciation, and performance of opera. This semester we will plan, rehearse, and perform a program of opera scenes. See the "Class Schedule" portion of the course syllabus for the dates, times, and locations of those performances. |
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| 82097 | MVK1111 | Class Piano Ⅰ | In Person (P) | Tu,Th 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM | Unavailable | |
| 82205 | MVK1111 | Class Piano Ⅰ | In Person (P) | Tu,Th 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | Unavailable | |
| 82099 | MVK1211 | Secondary Piano | In Person (P) | W 11:30 AM - 12:20 PM | Unavailable | |
| 82281 | MVK2121 | Class Piano Ⅲ | In Person (P) | M,W 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM | Unavailable | |
| 83082 | MVK2121 | Class Piano Ⅲ | In Person (P) | Tu,Th 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | Unavailable | |
| 83758 | MVK2121 | Class Piano Ⅲ | In Person (P) | 7:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Unavailable | |
| 93727 | MVK2421 | Piano Ⅱ | In Person (P) | 7:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Unavailable | |
| Course # | Course | Title | Mode | Days/Times | Syllabus | |
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| 11520 | MUO3503L | Opera Workshop | In Person (P) | F 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Unavailable | |
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The fundamental purpose of Opera Workshop is the study, appreciation, and performance of opera. This semester we will plan, rehearse, and perform an opera (to be announced) as part of the UCF Celebrates the Arts festival at the downtown Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Those performances will be on Saturday, April 4. |
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| 12420 | MUO5505L | Graduate Opera Workshop | In Person (P) | F 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM | Unavailable | |
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The fundamental purpose of Opera Workshop is the study, appreciation, and performance of opera. This semester we will plan, rehearse, and perform an opera (to be announced) as part of the UCF Celebrates the Arts festival at the downtown Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts. Those performances will be on Saturday, April 4. |
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| 11601 | MVK1112 | Class Piano Ⅱ | In Person (P) | Tu,Th 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM | Unavailable | |
| 11730 | MVK1112 | Class Piano Ⅱ | In Person (P) | Tu,Th 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | Unavailable | |
| 11729 | MVK1211 | Secondary Piano | In Person (P) | W 11:30 AM - 12:20 PM | Unavailable | |
| 12240 | MVK2122 | Class Piano Ⅳ | In Person (P) | Tu,Th 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | Unavailable | |
| 12283 | MVK2122 | Class Piano Ⅳ | In Person (P) | M,W 12:30 PM - 1:20 PM | Unavailable | |
| 13067 | MVK2122 | Class Piano Ⅳ | In Person (P) | 7:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Unavailable | |