Robert Finegan's Profile

Background:

I am a saxophonist from Ireland who has performed all over Europe, and is currently studying for a Masters of Music Performance in the Royal College of Music, London as a Dr Michael West Scholar. My 7 year teaching career began in a community band teaching students between the ages of 8 and 17. Since then I have taught students of all ages, standards and genres. My goal is to tailor lessons to suit each individual student and to make them fun! I was the inaugural winner of the 2017 Flax Trust Music Award and the 2019 Sligo Feis Ceol RTE Lyric FM Bursary. In summer 2018, I represented Ireland at the World Saxophone Congress in Zagreb, Croatia. I have performed with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, SinfoNua Orchestra and Irish Symphonic Wind Orchestra. I am the first saxophonist from the Republic of Ireland to become a Yanagisawa saxophone and Vandoren reed artist.