Robbin Gordon-Cartier graduated Magna Cum Laude from Montclair State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Education. As a young harpist, she spent summers in Dublin, Ireland, studying at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. She was a gold medalist at the Granard Harp Festival in Ireland. She has been a recipient of numerous educational grants and awards. Mrs. Gordon-Cartier maintains a private studio where she teaches students of all ages and regularly freelances in the New York metropolitan area. Performance credits include appearances at Carnegie Hall and Alice Tully Hall in New York City; the New Jersey Performing Arts Center; the Pablo Casals Music Festival in San Juan, Puerto Rico; and the National Symphony Orchestra of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. She has appeared on several television shows and recordings and at events honoring Lord Guiness, Cicely Tyson and Sir James Galway.
Robbin is a Salvi Concert Artist and most recently, Robbin presented a week of master classes and concert at the French ambassador's residence in Bogota, Columbia for the Salvi Harp Foundation. Mrs. Gordon-Cartier created for the Elizabeth School District and now directs the East Orange New Jersey harp program. She joined the faculty at Kean University in Union, N.J. as Concert Artist/Adjunct Harp Faculty. Robbin is very active in the American Harp Society and is a popular presenter of workshops across the country.
