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Rob Cope

Rob is a freelance teacher and performer. Rob studied at Chetham’s School of Music with James Muirhead (1998-2006). He then studied at Royal Northern College of Music (2006-2010) before studying for a Masters in Music Performance and Royal Academy of Music (2010-2012). Rob teaches privately as well as at being a visiting music teacher at Shrewsbury School. He performs in Matt Robert’s Bigish Band, Andy Scott’s Group S and contemporary classical ensemble, SoundSPARK. He has appeared with the Halle and the English Symphony Orchestras as well as with the Matthew Herbert Big Band. Rob curates and produces The Jazz Podcast in his spare time.


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Rob Cope: Gemini

Read "Gemini" reviewed by Neil Duggan


The number two features prominently in the concept behind this album. The album is called Gemini, meaning twins or two. It features two saxophones, it is Rob Cope's second album as leader and combines two existing duos. The first of those duos features the soprano saxophone and bass clarinet of Cope together with the tenor saxophone of Andy Scott UK. They combine their contemporary classical and improvisational styles in Scott's Group S (previously known as SaxAssault). Scott also ...

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Rob Cope: Gods Of Apollo

Read "Gods Of Apollo" reviewed by Roger Farbey


Rob Cope's debut album, the first of a trilogy of space-inspired recordings, celebrates the 50th anniversary of man first setting foot on the Moon on July 20th 1969. It traces the history of spaceflight from the first satellites to the last crewed Moon landing in 1972. Cope began playing saxophone at the age of eight and studied clarinet and saxophone at Manchester's Chetham's School of Music before taking a BMus with First Class Honours at the Royal Northern College of ...

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Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Gemini

Ubuntu Music
2024

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Small World

Self Produced
2020

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Gods Of Apollo

Ubuntu Music
2019

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Small World

From: Small World
By Rob Cope

Travelling Again

From: Small World
By Rob Cope

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