Rob Lavaque teaching a class in audio and music engineering

Rob Lavaque

Senior Lecturer, Electrical and Computer Engineering

Rob Lavaque is a two-time NY Emmy award winning professional musician and audio engineer.  As a keyboardist, guitarist, and vocalist, he toured globally with Grammy Award winner Richard Marx, and multi-platinum recording artist Greg Lake of ELP.  He has worked with such notables as Timbaland, Chuck Mangione, Lou Gramm, Jodeci, Dark Side of the Moon, and Kansas among others.

Rob also did programing for the original Clavia Nord Lead 1 synthesizer along with Rob Papen.  With over (50) classic synthesizers in his personal collection, he is a wealth of first-hand knowledge on all things synth and studio.

As the owner of Gravity Pool Studio, he continues to create music and sound design for feature films, television, radio, and media.