A Renaissance Spring with Robert Rivers

Robert Rivers is a freelance musician based in Ancaster, Ontario. He has wide interests in music, including folk songs from Quebec and Newfoundland. Bob has been involved in music his whole life. His activities involved singing in choirs, playing in bands and orchestras in school, and, more recently, playing recorders. He has had experience in conducting choirs, bands, and recorder ensembles, namely Rosewood Consort in Hamilton, and Second Wind, a seniors’ ensemble which plays at the Ancaster Senior Achievement Centre. He also enjoys arranging pieces for recorders, using his best friend, Sibelius. He has also dabbled in some composing, mostly for choirs, but also for bands and, not surprisingly, recorder ensembles. His professional career involved teaching middle school, mostly mathematics and music. He holds a B.A. in music and psychology, and an M. Ed. in education administration.