Composer Robin McLaughlin Conine (b. 1994) has had work performed throughout the United States and Canada, and has been recognized by ASCAP and the American Composers Forum. Classical Voice of North Carolina writes that her music is "sure to delight the most discerning of listeners." Drawing inspiration from metaphor and the sacred, Robin writes music that is colorful and energetic.
She frequently composes sacred works for use in liturgical settings, such as the album-length works God With Us and For This Moment. She has held residencies at Arts Letters and Numbers and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and has been a fellow at the Norfolk New Music Workshop and the University of Nebraska Lincoln Chamber Music Institute, as well as a participant in the Lehigh University Choral Composers Forum.
Robin teaches K-12 Music at The Covenant School in Greensboro, North Carolina. As department head, she has developed programming in contemporary music, worship arts, and choir, as well as the school's robust K-5 general music program. A tireless teacher of beginning piano students, Robin's beginning piano music is published through FJH.
Robin received her Masters in Music Composition from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a dual-BM in Music Composition and Music Education from Houghton College. Her primary instructors have been Alejandro Rutty, Mark Engebretson, Sarah Hutchings, and David Davies, and she has had additional studies and masterclasses with Ēriks Ešenvalds, Martin Bresnick, Eric Ewazen, Kristin Kuster, Cameron Britt, Zae Munn, Michael Schelle, and Jay Batzner. Robin was the founder of the innovative Greensboro-based chamber music ensemble Catchfire Collective before moving on to pursue more solo artist endeavors.
Robin lives in Greensboro, NC, where she makes a home with her husband Grant and a somewhat untempered German Shepherd.