Associate Head of Music.Music Teacher.Teacher in charge of Itinerant Music Programme.Co-curricular Music - Director of Onewa Voices and Concert Band.Producer and Musical Director of JMT - Junior Musical Theatre, beginning in 2025. Assistant Musical Director and musician for school shows.

Robert is a woodwind doubling specialist in clarinet, flute and saxophone with their auxiliary instruments. His primary instrument is clarinet (specialising in bass clarinet) in orchestral settings. Recent highlights include: Elgar's THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS, Auckland Choral - Over 200 singers, 70 musicians and soloists. 2nd Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, June 2024. WICKED, Reed 3, Sky City Theatre, Auckland, March/April 2023.LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, Cover for Reed 2, 10… Show more Robert is a woodwind doubling specialist in clarinet, flute and saxophone with their auxiliary instruments. His primary instrument is clarinet (specialising in bass clarinet) in orchestral settings. Recent highlights include: Elgar's THE DREAM OF GERONTIUS, Auckland Choral - Over 200 singers, 70 musicians and soloists. 2nd Clarinet/Bass Clarinet, June 2024. WICKED, Reed 3, Sky City Theatre, Auckland, March/April 2023.LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, Cover for Reed 2, 10 shows, The Court Theatre Christchurch, January 2022.SOL3 MIO in Concert, 2nd Clarinet, Spark Arena, Auckland, 2021.MARY POPPINS: Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, G & T Productions, The Civic Theatre, Auckland 2020.Other highlights include playing for Auckland Theatre Company, the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra, NASDA, Showbiz Christchurch, Peach Theatre Company, and more. Show less

Included:HOME STUDIO TEACHINGClarinet, Saxophone and Flute; Musical Theatre.USA TOUR 2020The dream of singing, acting and dancing on Broadway was the reality for sixteen TGS students, three chaperones, two tour guides and local arts teacher Robert Dil in January 2020. Passport to Broadway, organised through Robert Dil Performing Arts in association with Travel Gang Australia, allowed these passionate musical theatre students exclusive industry access to 1. top Broadway… Show more Included:HOME STUDIO TEACHINGClarinet, Saxophone and Flute; Musical Theatre.USA TOUR 2020The dream of singing, acting and dancing on Broadway was the reality for sixteen TGS students, three chaperones, two tour guides and local arts teacher Robert Dil in January 2020. Passport to Broadway, organised through Robert Dil Performing Arts in association with Travel Gang Australia, allowed these passionate musical theatre students exclusive industry access to 1. top Broadway professionals in New York, 2. 2020 Junior Theater Festival, the 15th anniversary of the largest festival in the world which celebrates young people and musical theatre. This event attracts over six and a half thousand participants annually and is sponsored by some of the biggest names in the theatre industry, and 3. a high energy show choir workshop run by Disney Performing Arts in their new facilities at Disneyland. RDPA also won "Excellence in Dance" at JTF Atlanta 2020.CREATIVE CAMPSRobert taught freelance musical theatre classes and school holiday Creative Camps to young people on Auckland's North Shore Peninsula. This included Broadway Beginners, a weekly class for students in Years 4 through 6 and Creative Camps inspired by the world of children's literature. DIRECTIONRobert served senior high school students in the local community as Musical Director (and the role of pianist, Larry) in their student-led production of [title of show] performed at Devonport's The Vic Theatre. All money raised was gifted to Raukatauri Music Therapy Centre. SPECIAL AWARDRobert was the NZ winner of the inaugural Broadway Junior Observership for Junior Theatre Celebration Australia, October 2017. He was nominated by the local TGS school community and selected by Oz Theatrics. This allowed Robert full access to experience the creation of a new Broadway Junior title, "Disney's Newsies JR", in Newcastle, Australia directed by the leading team from iTheatrics, New York. Show less

Robert was a teacher of Music, Musical Theatre and Drama at Selwyn College on the east side of Auckland. He served as the Singing and Musical Theatre teacher for the Junior Performing Arts (JPA) programme (which celebrated its 25th year in 2024) and in the roles of Creative and Vocal Director for the annual Junior Performing Arts (JPA) productions. Robert was also a Mentor Teacher.Robert directed and musically directed the following JPA Productions: 2022 - Mary Poppins JR; 2023 - Frozen… Show more Robert was a teacher of Music, Musical Theatre and Drama at Selwyn College on the east side of Auckland. He served as the Singing and Musical Theatre teacher for the Junior Performing Arts (JPA) programme (which celebrated its 25th year in 2024) and in the roles of Creative and Vocal Director for the annual Junior Performing Arts (JPA) productions. Robert was also a Mentor Teacher.Robert directed and musically directed the following JPA Productions: 2022 - Mary Poppins JR; 2023 - Frozen JR, and Guys and Dolls JR. He took JPA to Junior Theatre Festival NZ for two years where his students won several awards.Other teaching roles included clarinet and saxophone teaching, co-direction for Concert Band, as well as Literacy support. Show less

Selwyn College, Musical Theatre.August 2021 - December 2021. Takapuna Grammar School, Clarinet, Saxophone, Orchestra, and Singing.January 2019 - December 2021.Auckland Girls’ Grammar School, Flute, Clarinet & Saxophone; School Production.January 2020 - December 2021. Belmont Intermediate School, Clarinet and Saxophone.January 2020 - December 2020. Birkenhead College, Clarinet & Bass Clarinet.January 2018 - December 2019.Murrays Bay… Show more Selwyn College, Musical Theatre.August 2021 - December 2021. Takapuna Grammar School, Clarinet, Saxophone, Orchestra, and Singing.January 2019 - December 2021.Auckland Girls’ Grammar School, Flute, Clarinet & Saxophone; School Production.January 2020 - December 2021. Belmont Intermediate School, Clarinet and Saxophone.January 2020 - December 2020. Birkenhead College, Clarinet & Bass Clarinet.January 2018 - December 2019.Murrays Bay Intermediate School, Clarinet & Bass Clarinet. July 2018 - July 2019. Show less

Robert taught in the Performing Arts Department at Takapuna Grammar School (TGS), a public high school for students in Years 9 through 13 on Auckland's North Shore.Robert taught classroom-based Drama. He also taught Clarinet/Saxophone lessons and directed the TGS Orchestra. Robert served as the teacher in charge of two co-curricular Musical Theatre groups involving students from Years 7 through 13. Robert taught for four years on the school's official NCEA Musical Theatre (MUT)… Show more Robert taught in the Performing Arts Department at Takapuna Grammar School (TGS), a public high school for students in Years 9 through 13 on Auckland's North Shore.Robert taught classroom-based Drama. He also taught Clarinet/Saxophone lessons and directed the TGS Orchestra. Robert served as the teacher in charge of two co-curricular Musical Theatre groups involving students from Years 7 through 13. Robert taught for four years on the school's official NCEA Musical Theatre (MUT) programme and produced class cabarets, concerts and fully-staged musicals. Students took Musical Theatre examinations through Trinity College London and continually achieved top marks. MUT productions included Little Women (2018), Sweeney Todd: School Edition (2019) and Ghost the Musical: School Edition (2020).Robert taught Drama at Junior and NCEA levels and directed class productions of Dennis Kelly's DNA (2017), Philip Pullman's Grimm Tales (2017, which was toured to two local Primary schools, The Wardrobe (2018), The BFG (2018), Hoodie (2019), and the off-Broadway play Puffs (2020).Robert directed the after-school club, Broadway Squad, a junior musical theatre group for students in Years 7 -10, which he founded in 2017. They staged Disney's Beauty and the Beast JR (2017), Seussical JR (2018), Legally Blonde JR (2019), and High School Musical 2 JR (2020). This group also involved senior students in leadership mentoring roles. He took it off-campus to the wider community from 2021. Broadway Squad Elite for students in Years 11 -13 staged Into the Woods JR (2019).Robert regularly served as Musical Director to the 120+ strong casts on the TGS major school shows. Grease (2017), Disney's The Little Mermaid (2019) and Les Miserables (2020, performances cancelled due to Covid-19). Robert received three nominations for Best Musical Director (2017, 2019) and one for Best Director (2019) from the Auckland Live Showdown Awards. Show less

Robert served as the Director of Performing Arts at St Mark's Church School, a private Anglican Primary (Elementary)and IB World school based in Wellington, New Zealand. Robert led the Arts Curriculum Team and Performing Arts Department for the school. His responsibilities included having oversight for the Performing Arts programme at St Mark's Church School, producing and directing school productions (including the acclaimed, Shrek JR, in 2016), overseeing the budget for Dance and… Show more Robert served as the Director of Performing Arts at St Mark's Church School, a private Anglican Primary (Elementary)and IB World school based in Wellington, New Zealand. Robert led the Arts Curriculum Team and Performing Arts Department for the school. His responsibilities included having oversight for the Performing Arts programme at St Mark's Church School, producing and directing school productions (including the acclaimed, Shrek JR, in 2016), overseeing the budget for Dance and Drama, producing "St Mark's Got Talent"​, the annual talent show, and the Trinity College London Drama Exams and Showcases for all classes from years 1 through 8. Trinity Drama group exams are a unique feature of the school seeing every class sitting an external performance exam in either Musical Theatre, Devised Drama or Performing Arts. Robert taught drama and dance classes to all students in years 1 through 8. He was also responsible for organizing the annual Upper School Speech Finals and led the finalists to represent the school in the wider Wellington Schools regional competition. Robert developed and directed weekly junior and senior Musical Theatre Clubs. The senior club presented an excerpt from "Into the Woods JR" and the full production of "Annie JR". Junior Musical Theatre Club, a preparatory group, presented mini musical theatre excerpts devised around "Annie JR", "The Jungle Book KIDS" and "Disney's Frozen." Robert directed and choreographed a group to attend the Junior Theater Festival (Atlanta, GA, USA) in January 2017 presenting an excerpt from "Disney's The Little Mermaid JR." They won a Freddie G. Award for Excellence in Ensemble. Robert oversaw the after-school Speech and Drama program and the team of itinerant drama teachers. He also produced and directed a Musical Theatre Holiday Intensive for St Mark's during the July school holiday period (2016) for students in Years 5 through 8. St. Mark's is an IB World school administering the PYP program. Show less

Robert was a Teacher of Drama and Theatre in the YCIS Shanghai Secondary School, Gubei Campus, Performing Arts Department. In this role, he taught IB Theatre to Years 12 and 13; and IGCSE Drama (Years 10 -11). Robert also taught Lower Secondary Year 9 Drama at the Middle School level.Robert served as the Director for many school productions. Robert directed and choreographed the major musical for 2014 -2015, Disney's TARZAN and the charity-focused children's theatre production of… Show more Robert was a Teacher of Drama and Theatre in the YCIS Shanghai Secondary School, Gubei Campus, Performing Arts Department. In this role, he taught IB Theatre to Years 12 and 13; and IGCSE Drama (Years 10 -11). Robert also taught Lower Secondary Year 9 Drama at the Middle School level.Robert served as the Director for many school productions. Robert directed and choreographed the major musical for 2014 -2015, Disney's TARZAN and the charity-focused children's theatre production of FRECKLEFACE STRAWBERRY: THE MUSICAL. He has also directed William Gibson's THE MIRACLE WORKER, Disney's HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL Jr. (inaugural Middle School production). Other productions for 2013 -2014 included Roald Dahl's THE WITCHES (with puppetry), and THE LARAMIE PROJECT (IB Theatre); and a classroom-based production of GREASE.. Robert oversaw the budgets for both Performance Drama and Classroom Drama.Robert played Bass Clarinet in the School Orchestra. He performed in the major Charity concert SEEDS OF HOPE in March 2014 in Shanghai, China having previously played in these concerts in both Beijing and Hong Kong. Robert also prides himself on his pastoral care responsibilities as an educator. Robert also served as an Extended Essay (EE) Supervisor in the areas of Theatre and Dance.Robert is currently working towards a Masters degree in Drama and Theatre for Young People. Towards this goal, he has recently returned from a trip to New York City where he attended (for the third time) BROADWAY TEACHERS WORKSHOP, attended 12 major Broadway musicals and completed a 4-hour, privatemasterclass with AVENUE Q’s Jennifer Barnhart in Theatrical Puppetry. After New York, Robert co-directed the Hong Kong premier production of Disney’s WINNIE THE POOH KIDS for Y.A.L.C’s Broadway Kids Summer Camp in Hong Kong,China.Y.A.L.C is a subsidiary organization ofYCIS.This involved an intensive 2-week summer program for 40 young people ages 6 -11 years. Show less

Robert served as Director/Choreographer for the Primary School spring musical JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAM COAT (June 2012) and as Director/Co-Choreographer for the spring musical Disney's THE JUNGLE BOOK Kids (June 2013), both to great acclaim.At the Primary School level Robert taught Performing Arts (Music, Drama and Dance with an emphasis in Musical Theatre) to Years 4, 5 & 6 students based on the National Curriculum of England (2012-2013). He previously taught… Show more Robert served as Director/Choreographer for the Primary School spring musical JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAM COAT (June 2012) and as Director/Co-Choreographer for the spring musical Disney's THE JUNGLE BOOK Kids (June 2013), both to great acclaim.At the Primary School level Robert taught Performing Arts (Music, Drama and Dance with an emphasis in Musical Theatre) to Years 4, 5 & 6 students based on the National Curriculum of England (2012-2013). He previously taught Instrumental Music to the same year levels (2011-2012). Robert directed and choreographed students in major Performing Arts concerts, including excerpts from Broadway and West End musicals.At the Secondary School level Robert taught Key Stage 3 Drama and Music to Years 7, 8, & 9 students (National Curriculum of England). Robert directed and choreographed YCIS Beijing’s first fully-staged, two act musical, and the Beijing premier production, AIDA: SCHOOL EDITION (November 2012).Robert was also the Director and Choreographer for Dance Club, an after-school activity for Years 11-13 students, which proved a sensation with the YCIS Beijing community. Show less

During Robert's first Shanghai academic year he ran a monthly Musical Theatre Workshop series for the public at Shanghai Grand Theatre (SGT), Shanghai’s premier theater, entitled WEST END TO BROADWAY. In addition during the summer, he devised and directed the inaugural Musical Theatre Summer School at SGT for young people ages 12 -18 in July 2014, staging the production DARE TO DREAM in the professional Drama Studio Theatre. During November -December 2014, Robert led arts… Show more During Robert's first Shanghai academic year he ran a monthly Musical Theatre Workshop series for the public at Shanghai Grand Theatre (SGT), Shanghai’s premier theater, entitled WEST END TO BROADWAY. In addition during the summer, he devised and directed the inaugural Musical Theatre Summer School at SGT for young people ages 12 -18 in July 2014, staging the production DARE TO DREAM in the professional Drama Studio Theatre. During November -December 2014, Robert led arts education workshops throughout major Shanghai high schools and universities, as part of the "Learning and Participation Lecture Tour Series."Shanghai Grand Theatre has been introducing Shanghai to Broadway Musicals since 2003. SGT has presented shows such as Les Miserables, Cats, The Sound of Music, The Phantom of the Opera, Mamma Mia, Hairspray and Disney's The Lion King and High School Musical to name a few.

With the support of Enda Markey Presents and Shanghai Grand Theatre, Robert initiated and hosted a major theater outreach workshop starring Michael Ball, Lea Salonga and Alain Boublil. This 90-minute education event was linked with the recent Shanghai concert DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING? Show less

THE POLKADOTS were a professional family-brand of children’s entertainment based in New Zealand. Robert served as their primary stage director and script writer from July 2010. Live stage productions included: The BODY BOP SUPER CONCERTs on the North Shore (2010), and West Auckland (2011); CHRISTMAS AT SYLVIA PARK (2010); THE ROYAL EASTER SHOW MAIN-STAGE CONCERT (2011); THE POLKADOTS AT RAINBOW’S END THEME PARK (2013); and APO 4 Kids: MAGIC CARPET RIDE for The Polkadots and Auckland… Show more THE POLKADOTS were a professional family-brand of children’s entertainment based in New Zealand. Robert served as their primary stage director and script writer from July 2010. Live stage productions included: The BODY BOP SUPER CONCERTs on the North Shore (2010), and West Auckland (2011); CHRISTMAS AT SYLVIA PARK (2010); THE ROYAL EASTER SHOW MAIN-STAGE CONCERT (2011); THE POLKADOTS AT RAINBOW’S END THEME PARK (2013); and APO 4 Kids: MAGIC CARPET RIDE for The Polkadots and Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra (March -April 2014).

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As teacher in charge of Dance and Drama, Robert’s primary responsibility was the teaching of Music, Dance and Drama through the staging of Musical Theatre productions. He served as Producer, Director, Musical Director, and Choreographer/Dance Supervisor for: ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Jr. (2011); G2K THE KING AND I (2010); INTO THE WOODS Jr. (2010); DREAM ON Jr. (2010); DISNEY’S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL Jr. (2009); GIRAFFES CAN’T DANCE (Mt. Richmond Special Needs School, by invitation, 2009); UNITY THROUGH… Show more As teacher in charge of Dance and Drama, Robert’s primary responsibility was the teaching of Music, Dance and Drama through the staging of Musical Theatre productions. He served as Producer, Director, Musical Director, and Choreographer/Dance Supervisor for: ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Jr. (2011); G2K THE KING AND I (2010); INTO THE WOODS Jr. (2010); DREAM ON Jr. (2010); DISNEY’S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL Jr. (2009); GIRAFFES CAN’T DANCE (Mt. Richmond Special Needs School, by invitation, 2009); UNITY THROUGH DIVERSITY, J-Rock (2009); and ROALD DAHL’S CINDERELLA (2008).Robert was the 2010 International Conference Recipient for Papatoetoe Intermediate School, being sent to the Broadway Teachers Workshop in New York City where he was trained for six days by Broadway professionals in such areas as directing, choreography, and acting through song. He also had the opportunity to attend nine Broadway shows, which were invaluable experiences.Robert directed numerous performing arts groups including Drama Club, Dance Club, Glee Club, Orchestra, Jazz Band, Choir, and Saxophone Ensemble. He produced and directed, in collaboration with his co- Music Teacher, the annual School Talent Quest and Showcase concerts. He also musically directed and collaborated on music entries into regional music competitions (Orchestra & Jazz Band), winning gold and silver awards. Robert’s teaching schedule also included specialist Dance & Drama teaching with the students from Mt. Richmond Special Needs School.His administrative duties included writing of professional reports for the Arts Department; reporting to Board of Trustees and School Management; the keeping of minutes from meetings; and collaboration on the direction of the Performing Arts at Papatoetoe Intermediate. He was responsible for both the School Production budget and Dance/Drama budget, maximizing each for student success. Robert planned and delivered professional development trainings to staff in the areas of Music, Drama and Dance. Show less