Rob is a musician/composer and keyboard player from Burlington, Ontario. He started playing classical piano at age 5 and joined his first rock band at age 10, and was a member of the successful new wave band ‘Spoons’ when he was 16-19 years old. After leaving the Spoons he joined Canadian rock band Honeymoon Suite for several years. In 1989 he also began working in Musical Theatre, in Toronto, playing many different shows, including Tommy, Miss Saigon, Beauty & the Beast, and Phantom of the Opera. In 2000 Rob worked on Mamma Mia!, in Toronto, as Associate Musical Director, working with Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus from ABBA. He made his way to New York City in 2001 with the show and was Associate Music Director on Broadway until September 2015. From 2011-13 he was Associate Music Supervisor for ONCE the Musical, off- and on Broadway, and we recorded the Grammy-winning cast album, produced by Steve Epstein.