Having been described as one of the most brilliant organists of the younger generation, Robert studied at the Royal Northern College of Music with Darius Battiwalla and graduated in 2006 with B.Mus.(Hons). Excelling on both classical and theatre organ, Robert has performed extensively throughout the UK on both instruments, including London, Manchester, County Durham and Wales. He has also performed in Indianapolis and San Francisco in the USA.
Through his active involvement with the theatre organ, Robert has won numerous competitions on the instrument. These include the British Young Theatre Organist of the Year Competition (1996) and the Junior and Intermediate sections of the Young Theatre Organist competition (1998 and 2001 respectively), an event held annually by the American Theatre Organ Society (ATOS).

Robert has also been very fortunate to receive scholarships from the ATOS in order to assist with his musical studies, as well as having been awarded the Ian Sutherland Award in 2003. This is presented by the Cinema Organ Society and recognises achievement and promise exhibited by young theatre organists.
Robert has been fortunate to perform in Masterclasses given by such distinguished organists as David Briggs, Dame Gillian Weir and Olivier Latry and has also had lessons from Jacques van Oortmerssen in Amsterdam, where he studied the organ music of J.S. Bach.

Now that he has completed his degree, Robert is currently working as a freelance musician and has established his own 20+ piece light orchestra, based in Manchester.

He has also recently been commissioned to compose the scores for various short international films.

Photograph © R. Sudall