PAULINE ROBERTS
vibraphone | drums | vocals
THE ART BEHIND THE MUSIC
For me, music is an act of human connection and a language with infinite power to create worlds. Sometimes I make it with the vibraphone, sometimes with drums or my voice, sometimes writing at the piano, improvising in groups, playing in bands, or at the back of an orchestra—but always starting from the body.
As a child, I imagined a woman with drumsticks leading a band as if it were the most natural thing in the world. That image inspired me to ask my parents for my first drum lesson, and it has stayed with me ever since. Today, I still chase that energy: women who make their own rules. People who don’t wait for permission to create.
My work comes from that urgency: turning the intimate into something shared, universal. Music as a space where the academic and the popular mix without hierarchy, where the streets, memory, and imagination coexist. I deeply believe that creativity is a bridge between people, not a showcase. So, if you’ve made it this far, welcome to my world. Take this invitation however you like, but I hope we can create, share, and live in collaboration—in the possibility of moving hearts and returning humanity.
ABOUT PAULINE
Pauline Roberts is a New York-based percussionist, singer, and composer transforming her classical percussion and avant-garde jazz training into experimental pop. Focusing on drums, vibraphone, and vocals, she brings a distinctive, versatile voice to performance and composition. Originally from Buenos Aires, she’s the first woman in 18 years to graduate from Argentina’s National University of Arts in percussion and earned her MM Performer-Composer degree at The New School (NYC).
With support from the National Arts Foundation (AR), she commissioned new works for vibraphone and electronics, which led to her debut solo album, Nuevas Músicas Para Vibráfono y Electrónica, released on February 25, 2025.
Pauline was selected to perform in Jacob Collier’s first Audience Symphony Orchestra in San Francisco in October 2025. She has also performed with John Scofield and Billy Martin at the 2025 CMS Fundraiser and was selected as a 2025 Ponta Lopud Jazz Festival Fellow in Croatia. Her projects and debut album have taken her on tour across the US, Canada, Argentina, Panamá, Honduras, Perú, Croatia, and Australia, where she also served as faculty at Marimbafest 2024. She has performed at PASIC 2023, the Parsons Benefit Gala, and recorded original work at Sweetwater Studios. A two-time Hit Like a Girl finalist and LATAM ambassador, she appears on numerous recordings, including Billy Martin’s La Gran Seducción soundtrack.
Pauline’s YouTube video of her interpretation of The Black Page #1 earned her an interview with Frank Zappa’s archivist, which led to her joining The Furious Bongos, a touring Frank Zappa cover band featuring Chad Wackerman as a recurring guest. She is also the vibraphonist for Lulada Club, NYC’s all-female salsa band profiled in Rolling Stone, amongst other projects.
