1. Orphy Robinson has written music for television, film and theatre.
11 Facts About Orphy Robinson
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Orphy Robinson has recorded as a guest musician and has toured with Hugh Hopper and Robert Wyatt.
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Orphy Robinson was commissioned by the Phoenix Dance company to write 42 Shades of Black.
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Orphy Robinson has written for The Proms at the Royal Albert Hall and for the Romanian violin virtuoso Alexander Balanescu.
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Orphy Robinson has performed as guest musician on three albums with Kennedy: The Four Elements, Vivaldi: The New Four Seasons and My World.
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Orphy Robinson started The Spontaneous Cosmic RawXtra ensemble at the Kings Place concert venue in October 2009.
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Orphy Robinson has worked with Lester Bowie, Don Cherry, Neneh Cherry, Junior Giscombe, Kate Havnevik, Imagination, Lionel Loueke, Wynton Marsalis, Hugh Masekela, Jean-Paul "Bluey" Maunick, Joe McPhee, Thurston Moore, Butch Morris, David Murray, Sunny Murray, Mica Paris, Robert Plant, Wadada Leo Smith, Spring Heel Jack, Joss Stone, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, John Tchicai, Kenny Thomas and Nana Vasconcelos.
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Orphy Robinson represented Great Britain at the Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Orphy Robinson has worked in schools and on large-scale education projects, including at the Hackney Empire, where he led the Music Education department for more than ten years.
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Orphy Robinson has been on the board of The Vortex jazz club, Warriors International, the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors and the Participation and Learning Education advisory board at the Hackney Empire.
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Orphy Robinson is a founding member of Edge, a group of artists, writers and promoters curating events pitched as a fringe to the London Jazz Festival.