Dr. Robyn L. Bell has been the conductor and artistic director of the Sarasota Pops Orchestra in Sarasota, Florida, since 2011. While on faculty at State College of Florida (SCF) in Bradenton from 2009 to 2022, she served as the Music Program Manager, Director of Instrumental Studies, and Professor of Music, conducting the Symphonic Band and Bradenton Symphony Orchestra, while also teaching classes in music theory and appreciation. In addition to her responsibilities with the Pops and SCF, Dr. Bell has also served as the conductor of the Sarasota Orchestra Youth Symphony, guest conductor of the Venice Symphony, and conductor of the Monarch Brass, a brass ensemble comprised of international professional women brass players. In the summer of 2020, Dr. Bell founded the Suncoast Culture Club podcast, a weekly podcast that highlights the cultural arts people, organizations, and events in the culturally rich area of Sarasota and Bradenton, Florida. She has also served as the moderator for the Masterworks Classical Conversations for the Sarasota Orchestra, where she interviews guest conductors and discusses the music to be performed..
Dr. Robyn L. Bell has been the conductor and artistic director of the Sarasota Pops Orchestra in Sarasota, Florida, since 2011. While on faculty at State College of Florida (SCF) in Bradenton from 2009 to 2022, she served as the Music Program Manager, Director of Instrumental Studies, and Professor of Music, conducting the Symphonic Band and Bradenton Symphony Orchestra, while also teaching classes in music theory and appreciation. In addition to her responsibilities with the Pops and SCF, Dr. Bell has also served as the conductor of the Sarasota Orchestra Youth Symphony, guest conductor of the Venice Symphony, and conductor of the Monarch Brass, a brass ensemble comprised of international professional women brass players. In the summer of 2020, Dr. Bell founded the Suncoast Culture Club podcast, a weekly podcast that highlights the cultural arts people, organizations, and events in the culturally rich area of Sarasota and Bradenton, Florida. She has also served as the moderator for the Masterworks Classical Conversations for the Sarasota Orchestra, where she interviews guest conductors and discusses the music to be performed..