About Robin Porter
ROBIN PORTER is an award-winning saxophonist, composer and educator based in London. He is a versatile and accomplished musician, having performed at many prestigious venues across the UK.
Highlights include; 2017 live performance on BBC Radio 3 with Nick Smart, Kit Downes, Tom Herbert and Martin France, alongside other students from The Royal Academy of Music; a 10 month weekly residency from 2016-17 at The Jazz Café alongside Ashley Henry (Sony Music); 2013 performance with my own project at the Royal Albert Hall ‘Elgar Room’ as part of the Proms Plus Late Sessions, which was later broadcast on BBC Radio 3; a 2013 UK tour with the same band, playing at prestigious venues on the jazz circuit.
Robin regularly works as a bandleader and sideman alongside some of London’s most talented young musicians/bands. His own current projects include ‘Aspyrian’ (jazz/blues/folk traditions meet rock & electronics) and ‘The Porter Quartet’ (classic quartet inspired by the jazz greats).
Robin received a distinction upon completing the MA Jazz Performance course at The Royal Academy of Music (RAM), where he had the privilege of studying with world-class performers/educators. He is a graduate of the Leeds College of Music (LCoM) BA Jazz programme with first class honours, and was awarded ‘The George Murphy Trophy for Jazz Saxophone’.
Robin is passionate about music education. He has taught 1:1 lessons woodwinds, music theory, composition and musicianship at numerous institutions for many years. He is also an experienced workshop leader and is an ensemble tutor for the National Youth Jazz Collective (NYJC).
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