Hi, I’m Rob. Born in South Africa and raised in Oxford, UK, I began my career as a professional touring and recording musician at the age of sixteen. As a member of the band Stornoway, I had the incre... dible privilege of touring the world and playing some of its most renowned stages, performing live on the UK’s biggest music television program, “Later...with Jools Holland”, alongside Jay Z, Foo Fighters, Norah Jones, and Sting, recording live sessions in the infamous Abbey Road studios for mainstream BBC Radio programs, being interviewed by top music journalists as well as performing on some of the BBC’s main prime-time radio and television political programs including Andrew Marr’s talk-show, and receiving a silver record from BMI for record sales - all before the age of 25. I’ve worked with all ages in the UK and US as a Private Tutor, Lead Teacher, Teaching Artist, and Music Therapist. Blending all the aspects of Music that I've learned from experience, I use a unique teaching methodology focused on excellence, enjoyment, and creative rule-breaking! Having studied Music throughout school, worked as an award-winning professional musician, and been trained as a Music Teacher, my knowledge and fluency in Music is extensive! My students never leave a lesson without a new piece of valuable information and something to add to their skillset.read more

I am a classically trained drummer with a strong grounding in both music theory and performance. As a native-born South African, rhythm and music were deeply ingrained in me from a young age. When I m... oved to the UK at high-school-age, this intuitive grasp of music was enhanced through a classical music education at Magdalen College School in Oxford, focusing intensively on orchestral percussion, jazz and theatre drumming, as well as choral music. As part of a choral society, I performed in Oxford’s famed Magdalen College Chapel and Sheldonian Theatre. At age sixteen, I embarked on a 10+ year career as a professional recording and performing artist with the UK band Stornoway, which toured and performed internationally on some of the world’s largest stages, including Glastonbury Festival, the Roundhouse in London, The Barbican, and Somerset House. In 2014, I left the UK to pursue music in NYC. I currently write and produce with my bands Kritters and FILLY. Music is my life, my passion, and my career, but I also have an abiding interest in the humanities more broadly. While working as a full time musician, I gained my BA Hons in Arts and Humanities from The Open University, UK. Throughout my undergraduate education I studied literature, history, art and design, as well as music theory and composition. I consider myself a lifelong learner, with a commitment to reading deeply and widely, as well as writing, as a core component of my art practice. I believe wholeheartedly in learning not just for practical purposes, but as an end in itself: for me, learning is a process of self-discovery and self-improvement. Music has always been a connector for me, transcending culture, race, language, age - you name it. I believe that it has the potential to do that for everyone, to deepen ties among us and teach us discipline and self-esteem, making us better students and better people.read more