Nina
Nash-Robertson
Nina
Nash-Robertson,
professor of music, has been director of choral
activities since 1983. She directs three choirs and teaches
conducting and choral literature. Dr. Nash-Robertson has received a
university award as Outstanding Faculty Member. She received her
first musical training in Dublin, Ireland, where she earned awards
for both singing and Irish Dancing. Upon arriving in the United
States, she became the founding director of the award-winning
Shamrock Irish Dancers. She holds degrees in music education,
voice, and conducting from Alverno College, the Wisconsin
Conservatory of Music and doctor of musical arts from the University
of Illinois. Dr. Nash-Robertson taught vocal music K-12 in
Wisconsin, directed the Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Oratorio Chorus, and
was assistant director of the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus. At the
University of Illinois, she conducted the Women’s Chorus and St.
John’s Newman Center Chapel Choir. Dr. Nash-Robertson has led
student and performing groups on thirteen European Tours where
performing sites included Westminster Abbey, St. Peter’s Basilica,
and the cathedrals of Notre Dame and Chartres, and has conducted in
New York’s Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. In 2002, she led the
CMU Choirs on a concert tour of China. Under her direction, Central
Michigan University choirs frequently perform in regional
conferences of the American Choral Directors Association, the
Michigan School Vocal Music Association, and the Music Educators
National Conference. She has conducted choirs at Blue Lake Fine
Arts Camp and the Interlochen Center for the Arts and has served as
music director of the International Invitational Choral Festival in
Dublin, Ireland. She has also taught in the Bahamas, Peru, and
China. Dr. Nash-Robertson is a frequent clinician and guest
conductor throughout the Midwest and is President-Elect of American
Choral Directors Association-Michigan."
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