Christopher John Robinson is an English conductor and organist born on April 20, 1936. He served as an organ scholar at Christ Church, Oxford, before being appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers at Worcester Cathedral in 1963. Robinson conducted the City of Birmingham Choir between 1964 and 2002. He served as Organist and Choirmaster at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, from 1974 to 1991 and led the Oxford Bach Choir from 1976 to 1997. In 1991, he became Organist and Director of Music at St John's College, Cambridge, where he remained until his retirement in 2003. Robinson was a mentor to the organ scholars at Downing College from 2015 to 2018. In 2023, he composed fanfares and a descant for the hymn “Praise, My Soul, the King of Heaven” for the coronation of Charles III. His discography included the studio recordings Howells: Requiem / Take Him, Earth, for Cherishing (1999) and English Choral Music (2004).
