Hi
I'm Robert.
Leader in nonprofit revenue strategy, CRM systems architecture, and global arts education.
I help organizations scale revenue and expand access to the arts.
Our Idea
Teach To Learn (TTL) is an international arts education network. We offer a variety of online arts and culture programs that connect artists, teachers, classrooms, and audiences across world regions. Our programs strive to transform individuals and audiences, no matter their age, ability, or background, to be more culturally competent, creative, and curious. Teach To Learn is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit organization incorporated in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. EIN: 83-4700662
Business Model
Revenue lines in the model is based on the premise of converting clients at different budgetary levels from product trials. Overall growth is largely based on generalized assumptions regarding startup capital, government grants, corporate sponsorships, and additional revenue from other products and non-profit fundraising efforts.
Here is a simple and fun React "store" that I coded up and dropped into an AWS s3 bucket early on in my journey with computer programming.
Crescendo Music Education
In 2016, I reimagined the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra's education and community programs supporting Boston city school students and teachers. These initiatives were redesigned to increase the capacity of existing in-school and after-school music programs by providing tailored support to teachers and students, including a wide range of personalized music instruction, small group lessons, and free community concerts,
Prior to the COVID19 PANDEMIC, under my management, the Crescendo program grew to an equitable employment program for more than 25 teaching artists who delivered more than 1500 teaching hours annually, reaching thousands of students in Boston City Schools. ​​
Conductor Benjamin Zander and TTL Co-Founder Robert Jordon in Prague while on tour with the Boston Philharmonic Youth Orchestra in 2018. Photo credit: Derek Beckvold.
Selected Music
Studio recordings of two original compositions. Ella's Song is a simple groove in three parts titled after my dog. Gnarled is an experimental composition titled for the state of my drumsticks while playing in punk rock bands as a teenager
Andrew Urbina, alto saxophone / Ben Stepner, keyboard / Tristan Paxton, guitar / Mark Stewart, bass / Bob Jordon, drumset Matt Baltrucki, sound engineer
In November of 2023, I went to Philadelphia to visit my friend and jazz saxophonist, Andrew Urbina. We were classmates at both NEC and McGill University, but hadn't played together in over a decade. This is an excerpt from that improvisation.
recorded on an iPhone 11 Pro at Radnor Middle School where Andrew is a music teacher
Short compilation of candid recordings featuring Teach To Learn Co-Founder and saxophonist, Derek Beckvold, and myself between 2014-2018 in New Delhi, Kathmandu, São Paulo, Vienna, and Cambridge.
Also featuring: Utsav Lal, Abhisek Bhadra, David Six, and Ted Reichman
Documentary footage of performances featuring the World Music Ensemble which I created during a faculty residency from 2013-2014 at the Afghanistan National Institute of Music in Kabul. The first song is by Ethiopian legend Ayalew Mesfin titled "Gedawo" (Hero). The second is my arrangement of the Iranian pop song "Janomeh" made popular by Leila Forouhar. The ensemble learned both by ear.
featuring Danilo Henriquez (NYC) on trumpet
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