James W. Robinson Secondary School is one of three secondary schools (grade 7-12) in Fairfax County, Virginia and part of a school system serving 182,000 students in 198 schools. With a student population of 4000, over 1200 Robinson students are enrolled in one or more music classes. In the Robinson pyramid, instrumental music instruction begins in the fourth grade for strings and the fifth grade for band at the six feeder elementary schools, which include Fairview, Laurel Ridge, Terra Centre, Oak View, Union Mill, White Oaks, and Little Run Elementary Schools. The Robinson Secondary School music department has been designated a Blue Ribbon School many times by the Virginia Music Educators Association.

The music curriculum at Robinson includes nine concert bands, three jazz bands, marching band, six orchestras, five choirs, guitar classes, and vibrant chamber music program. Seven faculty members instruct these classes and performing organizations in Robinson’s Lunsford Hall.