Robert Parkins
| Title: | Professor of the Practice of Music (organ) and University Organist |
| Office Location: | 66 Mary Duke Biddle |
| Office Phone: | (919) 660-3315 |
| Email Address: | rparkins@duke.edu |
| Web Page: | http://www.chapel.duke.edu/staff/viewprofile.aspx?id=19 |
- Office Hours:
- Friday 4-6 PM
Education
- DMA Yale University, 1980
- MMA Yale University, 1975
- Fulbright Scholar Hochschule für Musik, Vienna, 1974
- MM Yale University, 1973
- BM University of Cincinnati, 1970
Awards, Honors, and Distinctions
- Who's Who in Fine Arts Higher Education, 2003
- Dictionary of International Biography (27th ed.), 1999
- Outstanding People of the 20th Century, 1999
- Men of Achievement (16th ed.), 1998
- Distinguished Church Musicians in the United States, 1997
- International Who’s Who in Music (17th ed.), 1995
- Who’s Who in America (47th ed.), 1995
- Who’s Who in American Education (4th ed.), 1994
- Who’s Who in Entertainment (3rd ed.), 1993
- American Keyboard Artists (1989 ed.), 1989
- Julia R. Sherman Memorial Prize, Yale University, 1975
- Harry B. Jepson Memorial Scholarship, Yale University, 1972
- Associate of the American Guild of Organists (AAGO), American Guild of Organists, 1970
- Delta Phi Alpha, 1970
- Corinne Moore Lawson Scholarship, University of Cincinnati, 1969
- Pi Kappa Lambda, 1969
- Edgar Stillman-Kelley Award, University of Cincinnati, 1968
- Phi Eta Sigma, 1968
- William H. Albers Memorial Scholarship, University of Cincinnati, 1968
Teaching (Fall 2009):
(typical courses)
- Music 65.001, Theor/prac tonal mus i
Synopsis
- Biddle 104, TuTh 01:15 PM-02:30 PM
- Music 65.01l, Theor/prac tonal mus i
Synopsis
- Biddle 104, MW 01:15 PM-02:30 PM
- Music 87.01, Harpsichord
- Music 97.01, Harpsichord
- Music 179.04, Adv st mus performance
- Music 191.04, Research independent study
Selected Professional Work:
(More...)Articles
- R. Parkins. "Spain and Portugal." Keyboard Music Before 1700 second edition (2003). revised and updated
- R. Parkins. "Rediscovering the German Romantic Organ." The Diapason (Jan, Feb, Mar 1989): 14-17, 14-15, 12-13.
- R. Parkins. "Cabezón to Cabanilles: Ornamentation in Spanish Keyboard Music." The Organ Yearbook XI (1980): 5-16.
- R. Parkins. "Keyboard Fingering in Early Spanish Sources." Early Music XI.3 (July, 1983): 323-31.
- R. Parkins and R. Larry Todd. "Mendelssohn’s Fugue in F Minor: A Discarded Movement of the First Organ Sonata." The Organ Yearbook XIV (1983): 61-77.
- R. Parkins. "Mendelssohn and the Erard Piano." The Piano Quarterly .125 (Spring, 1984): 53-58.
- R. Parkins. "Spain and Portugal." Keyboard Music Before 1700 (1995).
- R. Parkins. Organ Music of Frescobaldi. Calcante CD038, 2003 .
- R. Parkins. Iberian and South German Organ Music. Calcante CD036, 2001 .
- R. Parkins. German Romantic Organ Music. Gothic G49096, 1998 .
- R. Parkins. Brahms: Complete Organ Works. Naxos 8.550824, 1994 .
- R. Parkins. Early Iberian Organ Music. Naxos 8.550705, 1993 .
- R. Parkins. Early Spanish Keyboard Music. Musical Heritage Society MHS 4724L, 1983 . (LP: harpsichord)
- R. Parkins. Mendelssohn, Brahms and 17th-Century Spain. Gothic 68109, 1982 . (LP: organ)
- R. Parkins. Vierne: Messe solennelle (for choir and two organs). Arsis CD133, 2003 .
- R. Parkins. 'Entrada' (Anon.) on 'An Introduction to Early Music'. Naxos 8.551203, n.d. .
Solo Performances:
- Annual Commencement Organ Demonstration-Recital (with David Arcus), Duke Chapel, May 9, 2009
- Recital, Old Salem Visitor Center, Winston-Salem, NC, July 8, 2009
Recently restored organ by Tannenberg (built in 1800). - Recital, Cathedral Church of St. John, Albuquerque, NM, October 25, 2009
- Recital, Duke Chapel, February 8, 2009
Rededication of the restored Aeolian organ (with David Arcus) - Recital, Brevard College (Porter Center for the Performing Arts), February 22, 2009
- Harpsichord Recital, September 11, 2008
"Cabezón to Cabanilles: The Golden Age of Iberian Keyboard Music," Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University. - Recital, October 19, 2008
"Iberian Music from the Golden Age," Duke Memorial Chapel. - Recital, March 30, 2008
"Three German Sonatas" (Mendelssohn, Hindemith, and Reubke), Duke Chapel. - Recital, North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC, October 26, 2007
- Recital, Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Charleston, SC (Piccolo Spoleto), May 28, 2007
- Recital, Furman University, January 09, 2007
- Recital, Brown Memorial Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, MD, October 15, 2006
- Recital, Duke University, May 22, 2006
(Hadron Collider Physics Symposium) - Recital, Tallahassee, FL, April 23, 2006
(FSU/Bach Parley/AGO) - Recital, Pomona College, February 05, 2006
- Recital, Cathedral of the Madeleine, Salt Lake City, UT, 2005/11/06
- Recital, Yale University, September 18, 2005
- Recital, Peachtree Christian Church, Atlanta, GA (ADM), July 25, 2005
- Faculty Recital ("Toccatas"), Duke University, April 3, 2005
Master Classes:
- Master Classes (ADM), Atlanta, GA, July 26-29, 2005
- Master Class, Salt Lake City, UT, November 05, 2005
- Master Class (Iberian Organ Music), Yale University, 2005/09/17
Series Coordinator/Director:
- Director: Organ Recital Series, Duke University Chapel, 1990-present
Residencies:
- Eccles Festival Organist-in-Residence, Salt Lake City, UT, November 2-7, 2005
- Organ Clinician, ADM (Association of Disciple Musicians), Atlanta, GA, July 24-29, 2005