Rob Power

Rob Power is an active chamber musician, soloist, improvisor, orchestral player, composer, teacher, and instrument builder. He has performed with the new music ensembles Continuum, Timeworks, and Attacca, the Celtic group Picket Line, the improv quintet JERK, and over twenty Canadian orchestras. Along with performances in England, Japan, Greece, Sweden, and the United States, he has appeared at festivals across Canada from Whitehorse to St. John’s. Rob has collaborated with many great musicians, including Rivka Golani, Trichy Sankaran, Mika Yoshida, Sal Fererras and John Wyre, and is a regular participant in Newfoundland’s Sound Symposium.

Currently, Rob is the Assistant Professor of percussion at the MUN School of Music, where he maintains a large and vibrant studio of talented percussionists, and directs the renowned Scruncheons Percussion Ensemble. He performs regularly in a wide variety of musical collaborations, including the St. John’s percussion trio Neighbours and the improvisational groups Spanner and McKudo. Rob is also a member of Newfoundland’s premiere African drum and dance ensemble Dzolali, and is the principal percussionist with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra. An avid builder of new and unusual percussion instruments, Rob’s recent constructions include the po-pipes, glass triangle, PVC talking drum, and the quarter-tone mirrorphone.