Robert Codd studied at the Royal College of Music in London, under the tutelage of Geoffrey Gambold. He combined College activities with classroom teaching in the East End of London, woodwind teaching in Buckinghamshire and is an experienced chamber musician playing with the Galliard Ensemble, the Van Walsum Ensemble, which specialised in work for schools and music societies, and the London Harpsichord Ensemble, with regular appearances at the Purcell Room and Wigmore Hall. On leaving college he spent several years freelancing, especially with contemporary music and wind chamber groups, as well as many performances as a bassoonist for the London Festival Ballet (now English National Ballet). In August 1973 he joined the BBC Welsh Orchestra, (now BBC National Orchestra of Wales) as Principal Bassoonist, a position he held until September, 2003. During his time with the Orchestra he was involved with music foreign touring, especially to Eastern Europe and Japan, did much "Outreach Work" and performed several concertos. Over the years he has been involved with several wind ensembles, adjudicating, teaching and other educational work and has played with many orchestras, including the CBSO, BSO and LSO, the London Mozart Players and the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera. He has been a Bassoon Tutor at Cardiff University and at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama since 1974.
