Joseph Robinson (born 1940) is an American oboist most known for serving as the Principal Oboe with the New York Philharmonic from 1978-2005.
[1] During the same time period, he also taught at the Manhattan School of Music and served as department chair for Oboe Studies.
His career as an oboist began effectively with his appointment by Music Director Robert Shaw to the principal chair of the Atlanta Symphony in 1967.
From 1974-1978 he was Instructor of Oboe at the North Carolina School of the Arts, during which time he served as a member of the Clarion Woodwind Quintet and the Piedmont Chamber Orchestra.
He helped create the John Mack Oboe Camp (named for his former teacher) in Little Switzerland, North Carolina.