Resume

Robina Josephine Walker 734 South Road, Todd, NC 28684 

robinajosephine.walker@gmail.com, 828-434-6822, josephinewalker.com

  • Sacred Heart Academy Homeschool

  • Dual-enrollment, Advanced Placement, and performing arts courses taken at Appalachian State University Hayes School of Music, Johns Hopkins University Peabody Conservatory, Caldwell Community College

  • Cross enrollment at University of North Carolina School of the Arts & Watauga High School

  • GPA: 4.61

expected date of high school graduation: June 2027

Planned Educational Goal:

  • Bachelor of Music: Violin Performance 

  • Pursue Doctor Musical Arts (D.M.A.) degree specializing in collegiate level classical pedagogy

Musician – Classical Violin: Solo, orchestral, and chamber violinist

  • 3rd Chair, 1st Violin, Appalachian Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Alexandra Dee, 2023-2026

  • 2nd violin, Appalachian State University String Quartet, coached by Dr. Eric Koontz, 2025-2026

  • First Violin, North Carolina Western Regional Honors Orchestra 2026

  • 1st violin, North Carolina State Honors Orchestra 2025

  • 1st violin, Vanderbilt Youth Orchestras Intensive String Quartet, coached by Daniel Reinker

  • 2nd violin, UNC School of the Arts Wildacres Intensive Quartet, coached by Dr. Janet Orenstein

  • Principal Second, North Carolina Western Regional Honors Orchestra 2025

  • 1st Violin, Appalachian State University Chamber Music Trio, coached by Dr. Eric Koontz

  • Concertmaster, Watauga High School Honors Orchestra 

  • 1st Violin, Cannon Music Camp Symphony Orchestra, 2023-2025

  • 1st Violin, Cannon Music Camp String Orchestra, 2023-2025

  • University of North Carolina Greensboro Summer Honors Orchestra, 2022 

  • Appalachian State University Community Music Orchestra 2021-2022

  • Gaston County Youth Symphony, 2019

Musician – Bluegrass and Celtic Fiddle

  • Performs and competes at music festivals and competitions as a solo fiddle player

  • Performs at traditional music festivals: 

    • MerleFest Official Artist 

    • MerleFest Acoustic Kids Ambassador 

    • Grandfather Mountain Highland Games

    • International Bluegrass Music Association World of Bluegrass

    • Appaloosa Festival Official Artist

    • Boonerang Festival

  • Pickin’ Thistles Bluegrass and Celtic Band

    • https://www.pickinthistles.com

    • Performance locations include: Merlefest, International Bluegrass Music Association World of Bluegrass, Appaloosa Festival, Boonerang Festival, Appalachian Theatre, Carolina Theatre, Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, & PBS Woodsong Kids

  • Instructor, Junior Appalachian Musicians (JAM) Program & Blue Ridge School of Traditional Arts

Musician – Voice

  • Vocalist, Soprano 2 

    • Watauga High School Treble Choir: Audiovox A Cappella Ensemble; Cannon Music Camp Treble Choir

Athletics

  • Sugar Mountain Alpine Ski Racing Team 2021-2026

    • High Country Junior Race Series Fastest Female on the Mountain 2025

    • High Country Junior Race Series Overall Season Individual 17 & 18 Female First Place 2025 & 2026

    • High Country Junior Race Series Overall Season Individual 15 & 16 Female First Place ??

    • High Country Junior Race Series Overall Season Individual 15 & 16 Female ??

    • High Country Junior Race Series Overall Season Individual 13 & 14 Female ??

    • App Cup Ski Race Series Overall High School Female Race Winner 2022

    • USSA SARA regional top placings

  • Watauga High School Varsity Cross Country, 2024 - 2025

    • Cross Country State Champion Team 2025

    • Cross Country State Team 2024 & 2025

    • Cross Country All Regional Champion Team 2024 & 2025

    • Cross Country All Regional Individual 2024 

    • Cross Country All Conference Champion Team 2024 & 2025

    • Cross Country Individual All Conference 2024 & 2025

  • Watauga High School Varsity Swimming, 2025-2026

  • Watauga High School Track & Field, 2024-2026

  • Watauga High School Varsity Indoor Track, 2024

  • Tailwinds Cross Country, 2023

Dance

  • Scottish Highland Dance 

    • Premier dancer

    • 3rd runner up southeast regional 2025

  • Irish Dance

    • Southern regional recall 2024

Volunteer & Community Service

  • St. Elizabeth of the Hill Country Choir and Faith Formation 2019-2026

  • Blue Ridge School of Traditional Arts (BRSTA), youth bluegrass fiddle instructor

  • Blue Ridge Conservancy 5K, volunteer and competitor, winnings??

  • Grandfather Mountain Highland Games Scottish Fiddle Events

  • Foster Connections, organized benefit concert

  • Back Our Blue 2022-2023

  • Samaritan’s Purse Operation Christmas Child ??

  • High Country Fling Scottish Highland Dance Competition 2022-2026

  • Hart Square Heritage Festival 2021-2023

  • Horn in the West Outdoor Drama 2021

  • Watauga Humane Society Headwaters Mobile Veterinary Vaccine Clinic 2021-2026

Employment

  • Junior Appalachian Musicians

  • Sugar Mountain Alpine Ski Race Program 

Academic Honors

  • Caldwell Community College Honor Roll Deans List  2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

  • Cccti national Society of leadership and success 2025

  • National Latin Exam Intro magna cum laude 20?

  • National Latin Exam Beginning Latin magna cum laude 20?

  • National Latin Exam Intermediate Latin magna cum laude 20?Completed ASTACAP Level 8, June 2024

Recent Repertoire

  • Solo:

    • Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor

    • Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole

    • Bach: Partita no. 3

    • Vitale: Chaconne

    • Kabalevsky: Violin Concerto no. 1

    • Nikos Skalkottas: Two Greek Folk Songs

  • Chamber:

    • Beethoven: String Quartet no. 15 in A minor

    • Prokofiev: Quartet no. 1

    • Beethoven: Quartet no. 3 in D Major

    • Dvořák: Terzetto, op. 74

    • Mendelssohn: Op. 13, III. Intermezzo

    • Haydn: "The Joke" Quartet

  • Orchestra:

    • Holst: The Planets

    • Shostakovich: Finale from Symphony No. 5

    • Glinka: Overture to “Ruslan and Ludmilla”

    • Rodgers: Once Upon a Mattress

    • Reinecke: Flute Concerto in D, Op. 283, Mvt. 1

    • Threnody: In Memory of Jean Sibelius

    • Sibelius: Karelia Overture

    • Stravinsky: Firebird Suite

    • Márquez: Conga del Fuego Nuevo

Music Festivals & Masterclasses

  • Point CounterPoint Chamber Music Program

  • Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music Orchestra Workshop

  • Masterclass: Dr. Christina McGann, Vanderbilt University Blair School of Music

  • University North Carolina School of the Arts Wildacres Strings Intensive

  • Appalachian State University Hayes School of Music Cannon Music Camp

  • University of North Carolina Greensboro Honors Orchestra Camp

  • Bluegrass Daddy Fiddle Camp

  • Jink and Diddle Scottish Fiddle Camp

  • Swannanoa Gathering 

  • Mark O'Connor Strings Camp 

  • Wernick Jam Camp 

  • International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) Kids On Bluegrass 

  • Acoustic Kids Merlefest 

Musical Achievements & Accolades

  • Completed ASTACAP Level 8, June 2024

  • North Carolina All State Honors Orchestra 2025

  • North Carolina Western Regional Honors Orchestra 2025

  • Grandfather Mountain Highland Games Scottish Fiddle Competition

    • Senior Open Fiddle Champion 2024

    • Junior Open Fiddle Champion 2022

  • Scottish Fiddle National Champion, Junior Open 2022

  • Galax Old Fiddlers Convention

    • 2nd Place Adult Bluegrass Fiddle 2025

    • Runner-up Junior Bluegrass Fiddle 2023

    • Runner-up Junior Bluegrass Fiddle 2021

  • Ashe County Fiddlers Convention

    • 1st Place Adult Bluegrass Fiddle 2025

    • 1st Place Adult Bluegrass Fiddle 2023

  • Appalachian State University Fiddlers Convention

    • 1st Place Youth Fiddle 2024

Scholarships 

  • Cannon Camp Scholarship name??

  • Tosco Music Youth Scholarship

  • Mark O’Connor Strings Camp Scholarship

  • Wayne Henderson Scholarship

  • Wernick Bluegrass Scholarship 

  • Clan Scott Society Scholarship

  • Charlotte Folk Society Marilyn Meacham Price Scholarship

Published Original Music

Mountain Time Set & link

Christmas song & link

General Store & link

Any jink tunes

Independent Entrepreneur Project

Highland Pointes

Independent Community Service Project

Thistle & Shamrock nonprofit and website, High Country fling & fundraising for High Country Fling

Independent Music Project

Music For the Mountains, 2024

https://folksociety.org/event/music-for-the-mountains-supporting-relief-efforts-in-western-nc/

  • Conceptualized and pursued the creation of a benefit concert, Music for the Mountains, in Charlotte, NC, featuring musicians from Northwestern North Carolina communities impacted by Hurricane Helene, raising over $12,000 to benefit the NC Arts Disaster Relief Fund and the International Bluegrass Music Association Trust Fund.

Instructors & References

  • Dr. Ida Bieler, University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Professor of Violin, 2026

  • Dr. Nancy Bargerstock, Appalachian State University Hayes School of Music,  bargrstockne@appstate.edu, 828-262-6457, Professor of Violin, 2019-2026

  • Dr. Pedro Maia, Appalachian State University Hayes School of Music, maiap@appstate.edu, 828-262-6457, Professor of Violin, 2025-2026

  • Dr. Eric Koontz, Appalachian State University Hayes School of Music, koontzee@appstate.edu, 828-262-6464,Professor of Viola and Violin, String Area Coordinator, chamber, 2025-2026

  • Dr. Alexandra Dee, Appalachian State University Hayes School of Music, deeao@appstate.edu, Appalachian State University Hayes School of Music, Professor of Violin, orchestra, 2024-2026

  • Dr. John Turner, Richmond Philharmonic Orchestra: violin, 2016-2026

  • Lisa Kelly, Kelly Voice Academy and Riverdance Principal Soloist: voice, 2023-2026

  • Deannie Richardson, deanier71@gmail.com, Sister Sadie Band, professional bluegrass fiddler, 2025-2026

  • Sheen Anderson: Scottish Gaelic voice, 2025-2026