Dr. Michael C. Robinson is Associate Director of Bands and Director of Athletic Bands at the University of South Florida in Tampa. His responsibilities include conducting the Symphony Band, teaching undergraduate courses in music education, conducting, and directing all aspects of the USF Herd of Thunder Athletic Band program. A native of Florida, Dr. Robinson received the Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degrees in Music Education, and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Conducting from the University of Miami where he was a student of Professor Gary Green. Prior to his appointment at the University of South Florida, he served as the Director of Bands at Fort Hays State University in Kansas where he administered all aspects of a comprehensive state university band program. Dr. Robinson also taught eleven years in the public schools of Florida, most notably as Director of Bands at Seminole High School in Seminole, Florida, one of the most widely respected high school band programs in the nation. Throughout his career Dr. Robinson has received numerous honors and awards including Teacher of the Year in Pinellas County in 1995, and City of Seminole Educator of the Year in 1994. Most recently he received the USF College of Visual and Performing Arts Outstanding Service Award in 2003. His recent conducting and adjudication activities include appearances at the University of Arizona, Baylor University, University of Kentucky, University of Miami, University of New Mexico, University of Tennessee-Martin, Western Kentucky University, and Ohio University among others. Dr. Robinson also has extensive experience in the marching arts and is currently a music/show consultant for the Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps a perennial top 12 DCI finalist. In addition, Robinson has also served in a variety of capacities on the music staffs of top DCI corps such as the Cadets of Bergen County, Carolina Crown, Iowa Colts, and Suncoast Sound.

Dr. Robinson holds memberships in the FMEA, MENC, FBA, ASBDA, NBA, IHS, Kappa Kappa Psi, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia.

Assistant Director of Bands and Director of Athletic Bands

At USF since 2002

DMA - University of Miami