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Rob Wilkerson

Saxophone

Saxophonist Rob Wilkerson is an accomplished leader, composer, ensemble member, and educator. He is a long-standing member of Grammy-nominated ensembles Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society and the Alan Ferber Big Band, and he has performed and recorded with the critically-acclaimed Jihye Lee Orchestra. From 2005 to 2022 he toured the world with Michael Bublé, performing in numerous television appearances and on Grammy and Juno Award-winning albums. As a classical artist, Rob has been a featured soloist with The Chelsea Symphony in NYC and performed Michael Tilson Thomas’s “Four Preludes on Playthings of the Wind” with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 2018. Rob regularly played woodwinds for the Tony Award-winning Avenue Q from 2017-2019 and performs and records with many of NYC’s small and large jazz ensembles. Rob maintains a private woodwinds studio, has worked as an adjunct professor at The Hartt School at University of Hartford since 2018, and is active as a clinician at the high school and university levels. Rob grew up in Albuquerque, NM; lived in Brooklyn, NY for 21 years; and is currently based in Las Vegas, NV. He is a Conn-Selmer and Vandoren performing artist.

Website -- https://www.robwilkerson.com