Actor, Songwriter, Musician
Rob Clove is a songwriter, saxophonist, and actor from Fayetteville, North Carolina based in New York City. He is best known for portraying Jimmy Campbell in the first national tour of the Tony Award Winning Broadway Musical “Bandstand” (Andy Blankenbuehler), and Tyrone Jones in the Broadway on Demand production of BUDDY: The Buddy Holly Story. In 2022, Rob had his original song “Better Days” featured into the storyline of ABC’s “General Hospital”.
Since commencing his career, he has had the privilege of studying and working with some of today’s most respected artists in classical, jazz, and hip-hop. Clove got his first break with a lucky first show opening for legendary rapper Nas in 2016 at a concert held in Carnesecca Arena. After attending The University of North Carolina School of the Arts’ high school program, he moved to New York to pursue music, acting and business.
Spending a year in the Jazz Conservatory at SUNY Purchase as well as taking acting classes on the side, Rob made the decision to transfer to St. John's University, with hopes of gaining other perspectives outside of conservatory training, given his experience at UNCSA. In 2016, he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in French Language as well as a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Marketing from the University.
While at St. John’s, Rob became and continues to be a musician for The Voices of Victory Gospel Choir, directed by Nigel Gretton, which have been featured in New York’s famed Carnegie Hall, Apollo Theater, HBO, NBC, FOX Network, and Warner Brothers Records, as well as touring Spain. During his time at St. John's, Clove continued his pursuit of acting by appearing in several thesis films at New York University and Syracuse University as well as lead roles in TV Series Pilot "Rockk Island" portraying Special Agent Black and Netflix point of concept “Another Country” as Sha (2019).
Outside of the arts, Clove is a promoter and activist for climate change awareness and human rights. He has won grants on behalf of the Embassy of France in Washington, D.C. to travel to Paris after presenting a french speech on the rising health costs in Sub Saharan Africa and China due to changes in climate. To continue his fight for human rights and advocacy, Clove has also traveled to Colombia, Latin America on behalf of The French Alliance and l'Institut Français to work on projects bringing awareness to international social injustice. Clove was later invited to speak at New York University presenting on "The Role of the Artist faced with Social Awareness, Human Rights, and Politics."
After the release of his original EP "Energy of Humanity," Clove was featured in the #1 jazz retail magazine "JAZZIZ" with a promising review for his future. His song "Little Black Boy" was chosen to be included on BMIG/SONY Music distributed album "Made in Amerika", a project focused on music centered with social issues within the African-American community.
