A fourth generation musician, Robyn began entertaining her family and their friends as a toddler. Her informal music education commenced at an early age as she watched her father, Dick Metko, and his colleagues perform and promote their many music projects. Throughout the countless hours she spent singing, Robyn would emulate her father and the other entertainers she observed closely.
 


Inspired by her cousin who played guitar, Robyn started her formal music education at age six with private guitar lessons. She soon became enthralled with the concepts of music composition and sought out various sources on the subject. Her teen years included the discovery of hard rock and heavy styles of underground music, slightly annoying her parents while enhancing their own broad musical tastes. Robyn would later add voice, flute, piano and accordion to her repertoire of instruments.

The time spent listening intently to the events her father and his band mates recounted would spark a fascination in promoting which lead Robyn to pursue various projects working behind-the-scenes in music marketing and radio promotions. During her radio tenure, Robyn recorded parody songs for 105.7 WAPL and 95.9 KISS FM, and participated in the creation and launch of Razor 94.7. She also penned a series of marketing features distributed by music publication Gig Magazine.

Robyn has studied a wide range of styles and techniques, as well as music business practices, with some of the industry’s top musicians and entertainers. Her education includes private classical voice instruction with mezzo-soprano Cynthia Stiehl, songwriting with Nashville songsmith Shane Adams, vocal jazz and arranging with Christine Salerno and John Harmon, and music marketing with Keith Hatschek, author of “How to Get a Job in the Music and Recording Industry.” She has received additional guidance from a host of mentors, including commercial radio veteran Garrett Hart.

Coupled with her interest in a myriad of contemporary performance styles, Robyn shares her experience and knowledge of the music industry with her students and associates. She brings the same dedication and enthusiasm for performance and marketing to her private lessons, classes and clinics. Robyn divides her time between private music education, recording projects and entertainment promotions.

 


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