Faculty profile
Rob Clearfield
Piano
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Pianist, and composer Rob Clearfield grew up steeped in music. After a childhood filled with garage bands, gospel choirs, South American guitar ensembles, and everything in between, Rob enrolled at the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University. During and after college, he embedded himself in the local music scene, residing in Chicago for fifteen years before relocating to France in 2019.
Over the course of his career, Rob has performed with artists including John Wetton, Patricia Barber, Howard Levy, Makaya McCraven, Simon Moullier, Marquis Hill, Eighth Blackbird, Yuhan Su, and Grazyna Auguscik, among others. To date, he has released over ten recordings of his original music, including co-led projects with saxophonist Caroline Davis and drummer Quin Kirchner. His newest album Voice in the Wilderness features Joe Sanders, Fred Pasqua, and Itamar Borochov.
In addition to performing and recording, Rob has also received commissions to compose for theater (Purdue University), film (The Lost Remake of Beau-Guest), and from the Brazos Valley Symphony Orchestra in College Station, Texas. He currently resides in Marseille, France.
