Bio
Robyn Jacob is a composer, pianist, vocalist and educator living and working from the unceded territories of the Sḵwxwú7mesh, Xwməθkwəyəm and Səl’il’wətaʔ Nations, also known as Vancouver. Her compositions include commissions by Grammy winning Third Coast Percussion (Chicago), Architek Percussion (Montreal), So Percussion (Brooklyn), Chor Leoni (Vancouver), and Vancouver Inter-Cultural Orchestra, as well as collaborations with visual artists and instrument makers. Her avant-pop project Only A Visitor (Mint Records) has toured internationally and released four albums to date. She has released two albums with her duo project The Giving Shapes in collaboration with harpist Elisa Thorn. Her new solo project Immix explores the emotive narratives of voice and electronics. From 2012 - 2024 she was part of the multi-disciplinary art collective Publik Secrets, whose work includes a variety of public space interventions, performances, installations and ephemeral gatherings, including Gamelan Bike Bike, which she co-led with artist and composer George Rahi for over ten years.
Robyn Jacob
Composer, musician, performer, educator
List of Works
For a full list of works with recordings, please visit the composer’s website.
Discography
Only A Visitor
• Tower Temporary (2015)
• Lines (2017)
• Technicolour Education (2019)
• Decay (2023, Mint Records)
• Earth Leaps Up (2020, elsewhere music)
• Earth Rings Like A Bell (2024)
Appears On:
Lock and Key Volume 3: Fluctus, for clarinet, cello and piano (2023, Navona Records)