Robin Sisk, Trombone/Euphonium/Tuba Instructor
A native of Pittsburgh, Robin Sisk is currently serving as Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at the University of Central Florida and is a tubist for the world-renowned Brass Band of Central Florida. She is also a low brass instructor at the Patel Conservatory.
Sisk has performed most notably with The Florida Orchestra, Sarasota Ballet, Walt Disney World, Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, Gainesville Chamber Orchestra, the Natural State Brass Band (Little Rock, AR) on their 2010 tour of the UK, and as Principal Tubist of the New England Brass Band (Boston, MA). She has been featured as a soloist with the New England Brass Band, Youngstown Symphony Youth Orchestra, and the USF Symphony Band, appeared as a guest artist at the ITEA South Region Tuba Euphonium Conference, and was named a semi-finalist for the International Tuba Euphonium Quartet Competition in both 2008 and 2010. Most recently in 2011, she has given master classes and performances at Polk State College and West Virginia University, as well as a guest recital at Duquesne University as the Pennsylvania Representative for the inaugural North American Tuba Repertoire Initiative.
In addition to having served as a teaching assistant at the University of South Florida and assisting with tuba, euphonium, and brass ensemble instruction at The Hartt School, Sisk has held teaching positions in public and private schools across the eastern U.S. She regularly serves as a tuba and euphonium clinician, as a marching instructor and low brass coach for high school programs, and has been an all-state brass adjudicator for the Florida Bandmaster’s Association.
Robin earned a M.M. in Tuba Performance from the University of South Florida and a B.M. in Music Education, Summa Cum Laude, from West Virginia University. Upon graduation from WVU, she was recognized as the Division of Music’s “Most Outstanding Graduate.” She is currently completing the final stages of the Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The Hartt School. Her primary teachers have included Jay Hunsberger, Scott Mendoker, Dave McCollum, and Les Dean, Sr.