Dr Robin Harrison FRSA

Dr Robin Harrison FRSA

Founder at The Maestro Online | Ofqual Accredited Pop Piano Exams | Piano, organ, and singing courses online | Vocal coach | Composer | Choral Director

Yarm, England, United Kingdom
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The Maestro Online Celebrity Music Masterclasses

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The Maestro Online is insanely obsessive about music educational techniques, progression and methodology. Kodaly and improvisation are at the core of the philosophy. Classical courses include partimenti based improvisation, solfege and aural skills to diploma level. Rock-Pop-Gospel courses are created with leading international level musicians who have performed with incredible names such as Madonna, Tina Turner, Will Young, West Life, Gabrielle and many besides. Gamification with progress charts, objectives, quizzes and certificates are also at the core of the platform learning methodology.

Bespoke courses created for and in collaboration with leading colleges, schools and universities alongside the international level musicians to produce unique digital music courses that support students in a way not found anywhere else on the web. Courses that raise student's musical IQ, using session musicians to connect the inner ear with the most expressive performances. Diploma level courses include transposition, improvisation and composition from the very first lesson and pupils develop into intuitive musicians with significant musical intelligence from the very earliest stages. Particularly emphasis within schools is inner-ear pedagogy derived from solfege.

The CEO is published by Routledge and has been Director of Music, Manager of Performing Arts at leading schools and taught undergraduates at the Royal Northern College of Music. He is an examiner and academy teacher for the Royal College of Organists, Pop Vocal coach, involved in stage audition preparations, classical singing, piano in all styles with a very creative and musical structure to lessons and organ lessons to a very high level, with award winning vocal pupils in both regional and national events.

Whilst being classically trained, the CEO reached no. 1 in the UK and no. 33 globally via albums released as "Dr Ivor E Keys" that included light jazzy twists on modern pop repertoire.

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  • Founder

    The Maestro Online Celebrity Music Masterclasses

    - Present 2 years 11 months

    United Kingdom

    Holistic Digital Magazine Library Educational Music Platform, including guest celebrity courses for musicians who want to "up their game" and find the deepest connections between the music they perform and their souls. Don't perform 'how it should be performed', find the freedom to perform how 'you know you want it to sound'. Improvise, personalise, internalise, connect. An holistic approach found nowhere else on the Web.

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    Music Ambassador

    Arts & Culture Network

    - Present 1 year 1 month

    Yarm, England, United Kingdom

    The Arts and Culture Network is a growing global community of professionals shaping the future of our industry together.

    Independent, self-funded, self-governing, borderless, inclusive, diverse, sustainable, collectively philanthropic and a little bit pirate.

    The pulse of our community is a series of free, 1-hour random speed networking events and speed webinars on Zoom.

    As the Music Ambassador for The Arts and Culture Network, I advise the founder Mark Walmsley and fly the…

    The Arts and Culture Network is a growing global community of professionals shaping the future of our industry together.

    Independent, self-funded, self-governing, borderless, inclusive, diverse, sustainable, collectively philanthropic and a little bit pirate.

    The pulse of our community is a series of free, 1-hour random speed networking events and speed webinars on Zoom.

    As the Music Ambassador for The Arts and Culture Network, I advise the founder Mark Walmsley and fly the flag for the network and our sector at every opportunity.

    Arts & Culture Network
    www.ArtsAndCultureNetwork.com
    [email protected]

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    Founder

    The Maestro Online Ltd

    - Present 3 years

    Celebrity Masterclasses with seasoned international level musicians who have toured with celebrities (classical, pop, jazz, gospel), OfQual accredited Pop Piano Exams, Courses that encourage improvisation that included embedded ear training and theory.

  • Formerly No. 1 in UK and No. 33 in the world as a jazz pianist

    Reverbnation.com

    - Present 9 years 7 months

    North East England

    www.reverbnation.com/DrIvorEKeys

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    International Guild of Adjudicators, Festivals and Workshop Providers

    Incorporated Society of Musicians

    - Present 9 years 11 months

    Proud to have been made an adjudicator of the ISM-SMA international guild of adjudicators and workshop providers - providing the highest quality workshops and adjudication to choirs, singers and instrumentalists nationally and internationally.

  • Member of the Advisory Council

    National College of Music

    - Present 10 years 4 months

    UK

    http://www.nat-col-music.org.uk/

  • Academy Teacher

    Royal College of Organists

    - Present 10 years 5 months

    Yarm

  • Teacher, educator, manager

    Harrison's Music Academy

    - 15 years 8 months

    Yarm

  • Bobby Dazzler's Academy

    Bobby Dazzler's

    - 7 years 6 months

    Stockton

    Specialist vocal coach providing workshops specifically designed to develop harmony vocals in a creative, entertaining context to a very high standard..

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    Director of Music Prep

    Barnard Castle School

    - 8 years 10 months

    Barnard Castle

    Director of Music at leading independent boarding/day school, including duties as Chapel organist and assisting direction and accompanying for large adult Choral Society.

  • Musical Director

    Gospel Shock

    - 9 years 2 months

    Scorton

    Leading rehearsals for very high standard local chamber ensemble that perform gospel, rock, pop and more traditional repertoire for community events, the Corn Shed Festival, hotels, corporate events and weddings.

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    Member of the Education Committee

    The British Kodály Academy

    - 2 years 8 months

    United Kingdom

  • Music Coordinator

    Yarm School

    - 6 years 1 month

    Specifically interested in inner-ear teaching techniques including Kodaly and Gordon Jacob. All research into specific pedagogy considered for Early Years, Vocal, Inner Ear, Audiation, Brass and much besides.

  • Manager of Performing Arts

    New Cairo British International School

    - 4 years

  • Learning Manager for Music

    Halton High School

    - 1 year 1 month

Education

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    University of Wales, Bangor

    PhD Late Style of Frank Bridge

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    Activities and Societies: PhD

    PhD Musicology

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    Royal Northern College of Music

    BMus/GradRNCM (Hons) Music

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    Activities and Societies: Organ, Piano, Composition, Academic Studies

    Organ, Piano, Composition, Academic Studies

  • King's School, Chester

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  • Digital Subscription Music Course Library and Celebrity Masterclasses

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