Rob Nash

Rob Nash – Coordinator of Music | Outreach and Community Lead

Rob’s passion for music was ignited by his father – whether it was crawling underneath the baby grand at home to hear the full impact of the sound of his piano playing or turning the music pages for him at the local church where his dad was the organist. After starting to learn the piano and joining his local church choir, Rob’s professional life began at the age of eight as a chorister at Ely Cathedral.

Five years of intense vocal training followed, during which he was committed to singing daily services (including Christmas and Easter), performing concerts, including BBC radio 3 and ITV broadcasts, and making the occasional recording on vinyl whilst fulfilling a school academic and sports programme. Inevitably, after becoming head chorister and principal soloist, nature took its course and aged 13, temporary ‘retirement’ followed. With his ‘adult’ voice emerging and the help of a music scholarship, Rob continued his music education to GCSE and A level, taking graded exams in piano, harpsichord and violin as well as forming a rock band which performed regularly at school assemblies and discos.

Post-school education included the advanced study of piano, voice (including opera) and music theory at the Cambridge College of Arts and Technology and an English degree from Loughborough University. Rob’s music apprenticeship was served in London as a musical director, ballet repetiteur, piano accompanist and assistant vocal coach.

He was appointed musical director at The Tower Theatre in Islington and was the Accompanist at The Drama Studio in Ealing under the director of singing, Theresa von Sertima. As assistant and accompanist to international vocal coaches Ian Adam and Kate Hughes he had the opportunity to work closely with many musical performers including:

Michael Ball, John Barrowman, Sarah Brightman, Michael Crawford, Bonnie Langford, Stephanie Lawrence, Elaine Paige, Bonnie Langford, Sally Ann Triplett; stage and screen actors Alan Bates, Helena Bonham Carter, Tom Conti, Anthony Hopkins, Derek Jacobi, Lennie Henry, Jude Law, Ian McKellen, Roger Moore, Robert Powell, Jonathan Pryce, Terence Stamp, Emma Thompson, Twiggy, Julie Walters; dancers Sylvie Guillem and Marguerite Porter; musicians Marc Almond, Rod Argent, Nick Cave, Simon Climie, Barbara Dickson, Imogen Heap and Alison Moyet.