Robert began his musical career in 1994 when he took up brass lessons at Penicuik High School. He has worked with some of the top directors of music and many of Scotland’s leading brass bands through his involvement in conducting and workshops with the National Association of Brass Band Conductors. He has played various brass instruments over a period of 12 years and now plays E flat tuba with the prestigious Whitburn Band.  Robert won “Bandsman of the Year” for his services to the band in 2005. Despite being only 24 years old, he has played in many great competitions and concerts in his career, including the National Brass Band Championships of Great Britain at the Royal Albert Hall in London, the European Championships in the Netherlands, and tours to Germany the Faroe Islands and Japan. He has also worked with and played with the West Lothian Schools Brass Band. He is currently Training Band Tutor at Newland Concert Brass in Bathgate and has worked with many bands in Scotland as a conductor. Robert is studying the Bachelor of Education in music course at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama and Glasgow University to become a secondary school classroom music teacher. In spring 2007 Robert was accepted on to the staff of deputy teachers at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama to teach in their junior academy and Youth works department. Following working with the Newland junior band Robert was asked to become the musical director with the senior Newland concert brass band in January 2008.