The Rainbow Chorale of Delaware

Collaborative Pianist

Robert Colby-Witanek

Collaborative Pianist

The Rainbow Chorale of Delaware is thrilled to have Robert Colby-Witanek join us as Collaborative Pianist.

Robert is a part time collaborative pianist, piano teacher, and substitute paraprofessional. He has been playing the piano since he was four years old.

He grew up in Montgomery Township, NJ and attended Montgomery High School, from which he graduated in 2012. He attended Westminster Choir College, earning his Bachelor's degree in Piano in 2016 and his Master's degree in Piano Pedagogy and Performance in 2018.

He has taken an interest in collaborative piano since 2006. He has been teaching piano for ten years. He has played in productions such as The Twenty-Fifth Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Merrily We Roll Along, Bat Boy, Little Shop of Horrors, Baby, Xanadu, Working, Alice in Wonderland, Jr., Aladdin, Jr., The Little Mermaid, Jr., Into the Woods, Jr., and Beauty and the Beast, Jr. He has played for organizations such as the West Windsor Regional School District, the Westminster Players, Princeton Day School.

From October 2024 to August 2025, Robert worked as a collaborative pianist at the Choir School of Delaware. Today he works as a pianist for St. James Memorial Episcopal Church, the Chin-Yun Chorus, the Center School, Drew University, and the Rainbow Chorale of Delaware. Robert Colby-Witanek lives in Carteret NJ.

The Rainbow Chorale is fully committed to live rehearsing and performance in a safe manner. These are the protocols the Board has decided on:

We strongly encourage members who are feeling unwell to not attend rehearsal or performances as this exacerbates the member’s condition and risks spreading something communicable to other members. For rehearsals, we do our best to provide a video livestream, so that members can follow along during rehearsal.
While we do not require vaccines, we strongly recommend that members be vaccinated, when and where appropriate, for communicable respiratory diseases, including SARS-CoV-2 (Covid), influenza (flu), RSV, pertussis (whooping cough), etc, due to the increased risk of transmission from singing in close proximity. Vaccination is an evidence-based practice shown to protect the individual as well as those around them from contracting communicable illnesses.
Members are welcome to wear masks as they see fit. For performances specifically, if you wear a mask, it should fit the attire theme.
Members are welcome to be socially distanced during rehearsal as they see fit.
The Chorale does what it can to mitigate illness transmission, however the Chorale will not be held liable in the event that members, volunteers, or audience members become ill from directly related activities with the Chorale.
If you have any concerns or questions about any part of this policy, please email membership@therainbowchorale.org

The Board monitors the situation and will adjust our safety protocols accordingly.