John Robertson holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in Piano Performance and Pedagogy, and he is nearing completion of a DMA in Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music at the Eastman School of Music, studying with Dr. Jean Barr, Dr. Andrew Harley, and Dr. Russell Miller. In 2019, he was the recipient of the Barbara M. H. Koeng Award for Excellence in Vocal Accompanying, and in January 2020, he was invited to participate in Renée Fleming’s SongStudio at the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall. Since 2020, she has been invited to serve as a repetitor for the American Institute of Musical Studies (AIMS) in Graz, Austria.

For the past two years, John has served as instructor of music, opera conductor, and vocal coach in the voice and opera areas at The University of Alabama, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and he maintains an active pre-college piano studio at the Samford Academy of the Arts in Birmingham, Alabama. He has also served on the music faculties of Samford University and Judson College, and as a graduate teaching assistant at The Eastman School of Music, in Rochester, New York. In addition to his academic work, John has performed in numerous recitals, concerts, and productions with Opera Birmingham, Birmingham Music Club, Red Mountain Theater Company, and the Vann Vocal Institute, in addition to working as a freelance vocal coach and recitalist.