Bethany Robinson is a Yamaha Performing Artist, 2022 GRAMMY Music Educator Award Finalist, and serves on the executive committee for the Jazz Education Network Board. She is currently the Director of Jazz at Purdue University, where she directs 4 of the 7 jazz ensembles, and is the Director for the Purdue Jazz Festival. Previously she spent almost two decades building a jazz program at Noblesville Schools in Noblesville, Indiana where her bands qualified for Essentially Ellington Jazz Festival in 2021 and 2022, and was awarded the 2023 ISSMA Honor Jazz Band for the state of Indiana. She travels the world adjudicating festivals, playing jazz, presenting workshops, and collaborating with students and educators to develop leadership and joy focused jazz programs. (2025)
“Jazz education is not just about teaching students how to play instruments; it’s about teaching them how to express themselves, how to find their own voice, and how to be creative in any situation.” – Pat Metheny
