THE WORK BUILT
MORE THAN A CAREER.
IT BUILT A POINT OF VIEW.
CREATIVE EXECUTIVE | MUSIC DIRECTOR | PRODUCER | SPEAKER | WRITER
ROB LEWIS WORKS WITH CREATIVE TEAMS, ARTISTS, CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS, AND AUDIENCES THROUGH CREATIVE LEADERSHIP, SPEAKING, AND ORIGINAL COLLABORATION.
Creative Executive | Music Director | Producer | Speaker | Writer
Creative Executive | Music Director | Producer | Speaker | Writer
Rob Lewis is a creative executive, music director, producer, pianist, and speaker whose work spans world tours, television, award shows, studio production, education, and innovation.
World-class creative leadership for stage, screen, culture, and what comes next.
Rob Lewis has spent more than three decades shaping musical ideas into performances, recordings, and shared experiences. As an arranger, music director, and producer, his work has taken him from recording studios and rehearsal rooms to stages around the world. Along the way, he has learned that creativity is not only an act of production. It is an act of judgment—about what to preserve, what to change, and what gives the work its meaning.
Through decades of trust placed in him by masters of the entertainment industry and some of the world’s most influential cultural and educational institutions, Lewis has developed a rare perspective on creativity, leadership, and change. His enduring partnerships include Christina Aguilera, Babyface, Toni Braxton, and NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK; he has appeared several times on the Grammy Awards, American Music Awards, Billboard Music Awards, MTV Video Music Awards, VH1, MTV, Nickelodeon, and his work has been performed in historic venues like Radio City Music Hall, Madison Square Garden, Wembley Stadium, at the Hollywood Bowl with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and in stadiums, arenas, and theaters across the world.
A Grammy-winning vocal producer, five-year Artist-in-Residence at Berklee College of Music, Guest Faculty for Carnegie Hall’s The B-Side, and TEDx speaker, Lewis has also shared his perspective with staff at the University of Oxford through his work with Tony Award-winning actress and singer Nicole Scherzinger. Speaking is not a pivot from the work. It is the public expression of the point of view the work built.
ABOUT ROB
SPEAKING AND IDEAS
THE QUESTIONS THE WORK MADE POSSIBLE.
Decades inside creative rooms have given Rob Lewis more than stories to tell. They have given him questions worth asking—about mastery, identity, authorship, leadership, technology, and what must remain human as culture changes.
Through keynotes, conversations, teaching, and writing, he turns lived experience into language that helps artists, leaders, institutions, and organizations think more clearly about the choices in front of them.
His ideas have been shared through TEDx Providence, Carnegie Hall, Berklee College of Music, Transform, panels and conversations at Google and Microsoft, and an exchange with staff at the University of Oxford.
CREATIVE LEADERSHIP
Music Director · Producer · Arranger · Composer · Music Supervisor
Every project begins with an intention: something the artist wants to express, a story the music needs to tell, or a feeling the audience should leave with. Rob’s work is to give that intention musical form—through the arrangements, the performances, the sound, and the decisions that bring them together.
Music Director
Leading the musical vision of a live performance—from repertoire and rehearsals to the relationship between the artist, the band, and the audience.
Producer
Shaping the sound and emotional character of a recording or production, bringing performances, instrumentation, and sonic detail into a cohesive whole.
Arranger
Reimagining how a song unfolds through harmony, rhythm, instrumentation, and form—preserving its identity while revealing what else it can become.
Composer
Creating original music that gives an idea, a story, or a moment its own musical language.
Music Supervisor
Overseeing the musical identity and continuity of a project, keeping repertoire, arrangements, and performances aligned with the larger creative vision.
This work depends not only on musical ability, but on the judgment, discretion, leadership, and trust required to carry another visionary’s ideas into the world.
A LEGACY OF CREATIVE TRUST
Artists, institutions, and platforms that have trusted the work.
CHRISTINA AGUILERA
TLC
TONI BRAXTON
THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS
SHAKIRA
FIFTH HARMONY
NICOLE SCHERZINGER
STEVE HARVEY
LOREN ALLRED
SEAN DIDDY COMBS
PATTI LABELLE
ALICIA KEYS
NICKELODEON
BABYFACE
BOYZ II MEN
VH1
BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC
NEW KIDs ON THE BLOCK
CARNEGIE HALL
BACKSTREET BOYS
NICK LACHEY
98 DEGREES
MTV
CHRISTINA AGUILERA
BABYFACE
NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
TONI BRAXTON
SHAKIRA
ALICIA KEYS
BOYZ II MEN
BACKSTREET BOYS
98 DEGREES
THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS
TLC
FIFTH HARMONY
PATTI LABELLE
VH1
BIG MORNING BUZZ LIVE
MTV
NICKELODEON
AMERICA'S MOST MUSICAL FAMILY
MAKING THE BAND
MAKING HIS BAND
STEVE
TRACKS
BERKLEE COLLEGE OF MUSIC
CARNEGIE HALL
ROB LEWIS AND HIS ORCHESTRA
Rob Lewis leading an orchestral studio session with Shakira.
Rob Lewis conducting musicians in Red Bull Studios, NYC, for Christina Aguilera's All Star Game opening performance at Madison Square Garden.
Rob Lewis performing keyboards with Alicia Keys at the O2 Arena in London.
Rob Lewis as the One-Man House Band on VH1’s Big Morning Buzz Live.
Rob Lewis with songwriter and producer Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds at Brandon’s Way Studios in Hollywood.
Rob Lewis on piano at his "Rob Lewis and His Orchestra" performance, LA Magazine.
Rob Lewis conducting musicians at Center Staging in Burbank, CA, for Christina Aguilera's People's Choice Awards performance.
Rob Lewis conducting musicians in Red Bull Studios, NYC, for Christina Aguilera's All Star Game opening performance at Madison Square Garden.
Rob Lewis performing on a flaming piano with New Kids On The Block during a live concert.
Rob Lewis on piano performing with New Kids On The Block during a live concert.
Rob Lewis leading a rehearsal with Toni Braxton.
Rob Lewis with Boyz II Men, Nick Lachey, and Emmy Award-winning producer Devin Delliquanti on the set of the VH1 show "Big Morning Buzz Live".
Rob Lewis, with Sherri Shepard, on the set of the VH1 show "Big Morning Buzz Live".
Rob Lewis with Christina Aguilera and Stevie Wonder.
Rob Lewis with Steve Harvey and Lauren Spenser Smith during production of the television series STEVE.
Rob Lewis on cello, with host Nick Lachey, on the set of the VH1 show "Big Morning Buzz Live".
Rob Lewis on piano with Christina Aguilera on the People's Choice Awards.
Rob Lewis conducting musicians in Evergreen Studios for Christina Aguilera's Christmas album "Christmas In Paris".
Rob Lewis performing with Shakira at the MTV Video Music Awards.
Rob Lewis reviewing an orchestral score during a recording session.
Rob Lewis performing at a “Rob Lewis and His Orchestra” pop-up event.
19 IN THE 4TH
ENTERTAINMENT GROUP
Led by Rob Lewis, 19 in the 4th Entertainment Group brings together a trusted international network of musicians, vocalists, and production specialists for intimate live experiences and large-scale orchestral productions. Each team is built around the project’s musical vision, with capabilities spanning music direction and supervision, scoring, arranging and orchestration, musician contracting, music copying, rehearsals, show programming, and playback.
FOR COLLABORATION
Conference producers, universities, cultural institutions, and corporate event teams
Literary agents, editors, and publishing executives
Media producers and journalists seeking experienced cultural commentary
Artist managers, music supervisors, directors, production companies, and creative executives