CV & Bio

Robyn Jacob is a pianist, singer, composer and educator living and working from the unceded territories of the Sḵwxwú7mesh, Xʷməθkʷəyəm and Səl’il’wətaʔ Nations. She has toured Canada and internationally with her avant-pop project Only A Visitor, who have recently released their fourth album Decay on Mint Records.

 

Her compositions include commissions by Grammy winning Third Coast Percussion, Architek Percussion, Grammy winning Sō Percussion, Chor Leoni, Little Chamber Music, and collaborations with visual artists and instrument makers.

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She has released two albums with her duo The Giving Shapes in collaboration with harpist Elisa Thorn.

 

From 2012-2025 she was part of the multi-disciplinary collective Publik Secrets, with artist and composer George Rahi.

 

In 2013 she toured Bali with Gamelan Gita Asmara, and co-led Gamelan Bike Bike with George Rahi from 2013-2025.

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Robyn has been teaching piano and composition privately for over 20 years in her East Vancouver music studio. For more information please refer to ​Robyn's teaching website.

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