Biography
James Roberson is a Graduate of the University of Auckland with a Bachelor of Music (Classical Performance: Voice) and a Master of Music with First Class Honours (Musicology). James also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching (Secondary) and works as a classroom teacher, studio vocal teacher, performer, and choir director. He has recently been appointed as the Director of Liturgical Music at St Ignatius of Loyola Catholic College in Auckland. James has a passion for new works and his compositions aim to reflect the needs of the performers with whom he comes into contact. His compositions include Southern North: an art song cycle about three iconic Wellington locations for solo voice and piano; Moher Cruinniú: a duet for two voices about the see meeting the cliffs of Moher in Ireland, and Tone Poems: The Storm: a work which aims to capture the contrast between the calm before a storm and the ferocity of the storm in action. James enjoys writing for singers and welcomes the challenge of creating a new work to serve the needs of a group or director.