is the Artistic Director of the National Lutheran Choir (Minneapolis, MN) and is a highly sought after conductor, educator, soprano, and composer/arranger. Her extensive work in the field of choral conducting includes serving as the Raymond R. Neevel/Missouri Associate Professor and Director of Choral Studies at the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory until 2023, Associate Professor of Choral Music at Luther College from 2013 to 2020, and founding Scottsdale Musical Arts in 2009. Robison frequently appears at regional and national choral conferences and seminars; regularly leads All-State and honor choirs, workshops, and festivals; and has taught courses in choral singing and global connection in the United States, Namibia, South Africa, Germany, and Italy. She is the editor of the National Lutheran Choir Series with MorningStar Music Publishers and the Jennaya Robison Series with Pavane Publishing. An active church musician, she serves as Director of Music at First Lutheran Church in Mission Hills, Kansas as the national chair of Music in Worship for the American Choral Directors Association. She has been invited to serve as clinician and guest conductor of the Adult and Chamber Choirs at Montreat Music and Worship Festival (Montreat, North Carolina), Zephyr Point Music Festival (Lake Tahoe, Nevada), Festival by the Sea (Charleston, South Carolina) and the Shenandoah University Church Music Festival (Winchester, Virginia). She holds the Doctor of Musical Arts in choral conducting from the University of Arizona, the Master of Music in conducting and voice from the University of New Mexico, and an undergraduate degree in music (education and voice) from Luther College. She lives with her husband, Brett Robison, in Overland Park, Kansas and is a proud mother and grandmother.
is a Grammy®-nominated artist, musical leader, speaker, and advocate for the power of music to change lives. While in high school in Colby, Kansas, she was invited to play her first European piano recital in Andover, England. She has performed as a soloist, collaborative musician, and hymn festival designer/leader in North America, Europe, Australia, Russia, South Korea, and Tahiti. She has been a featured artist at regional and national conventions of the American Guild of Organists and other organizations, and on American Public Media’s Pipedreams and other broadcasts. In Kansas City, she is Organ Conservator at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Organist-in-Residence at Community of Christ denominational headquarters, and organist at Village on Antioch Presbyterian Church. Jan’s fifth solo recording, The Orchestral Organ, was nominated for three Grammy awards including Best Classical Instrumental Solo.
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1715 Bull St.
Columbia, SC 29201
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5475 Brand Rd
Dublin, OH 43017
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415 E Athens Ave.
Ardmore, PA 19003
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700 Snelling Ave S.
St. Paul, MN 55116
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205 N Prospect Ave.
Park Ridge, IL 60068
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