Demetrius Robinson
Assistant Professor & Choral Director
Assistant Professor of Music & Choral Director
Music Education Coordinator
Phone: (936) 261-3327
Email: dlrobinson@pvamu.edu
Dr. Demetrius Robinson, a native of Mobile, Alabama, serves as an Assistant Professor of Music, Choral Director, and Music Education Coordinator at Prairie View A & M University in Prairie View, Texas. Demetrius received a Bachelor of Music Education degree in Vocal and Instrumental Music and a Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from the University of Southern Mississippi, respectively. He also completed an Educational Specialist degree in Educational Leadership at William Carey University and a Ph.D. in Music Education at the University of Memphis. In addition, Demetrius received the Future Music Faculty Fellowship from the Cleveland Institute of Music in 2022.
Demetrius is in demand as a choral clinician, researcher, consultant, and worship leader throughout the United States. He has presented workshops on various topics including music literacy, student leadership in the music classroom, equity in the music classroom, effectuation in choral programs, motivating music learners, and performance practices for vocal music in the Black church. In 2018, Demetrius founded Robinson Music Enterprise LLC, a versatile music company, to provide music consultations, instruction (private and group lessons), and music publishing services (Canorous Music Publishing). His compositions have been performed during numerous honor choir concerts and conferences, including the 2022 Bent But Not Broken inaugural conference.
Highly regarded as a versatile music educator, conductor, composer, tubist and lyric baritone, Demetrius has performed with the University of Southern Mississippi Symphony Orchestra, the Meridian Symphony, and the Transylvania State Philharmonic Orchestra. His professional memberships include the National Association for Music Education, the American Eurhythmics Society, the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers, Music Publishers Association of the United States, the Association of Independent Music Publishers, the Society of Composers Inc, Phi Mu Alpha Music Sinfonia, and the American Choral Directors Association.