"Everything is awful but we still have to sing and dance."

About 20 years ago--already an adult with a thriving first career as a writer--I got bit by jazz and began playing improvisational piano, singing standards, and writing instrumental music. But when I later began composing original songs, they leaned more toward the rock, prog, and pop of my youth. My upcoming 3rd album, INNOCENT MONSTER (2020), will feature a funky, heavy, yet sensitive group of rock musicians including JP Gaster of the metal band Clutch, veteran bassist (and my producer) Pete Strobl, and guitarist Scott Smith of the folk/rock songwriting duo Naked Blue. MORE NEWS SOON.

Robin Fay Massie is a professional violist in the Baltimore/D.C. area.  Ms. Massie has cultivated a multi-faceted career as an orchestral violist, chamber musician, soloist, recording artist and private instructor.  She has performed with The Philadelphia Orchestra and National Symphony Orchestra among other major ensembles.  She is Assistant Principal Viola with the Delaware Symphony Orchestra and Co-Principal Viola with the Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra (Philadelphia).  She has appeared on episodes of VH1’s Storytellers show featuring neo-soul artist Jill Scott and BET’s Bobby Jones Gospel show featuring gospel artist Tye Tribbett.  Following a recent performance, Philadelphia journalist Michael Caruso writes: “Especially noteworthy was the strength of Massie’s playing … Massie’s strongly projected and beautifully modulated brawny tone made certain that her voice would be heard …” [ChestnutLocal.com, 2012].

With a heart for service, Ms. Massie is Founder and Executive Director of Musicians of Mercy (MOM) – a collective of over seventy musicians and artists in the Metropolitan D.C. area.  MOM raises funds for humanitarian causes through the production of benefit concerts.  MOM was recently recognized in a feature article for The International Musician, official publication of the American Federation of Musicians.  For more information, please visit: www.musiciansofmercy.org 
As an educator, Ms. Massie has taught viola on the collegiate level as a Guest Viola Professor at The University of Delaware, Newark, DE.  Today, she maintains a private studio for area middle and high school students.  She resides in Columbia, MD.

Keyboard Artist in the Kansas City area. 

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