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Robby Raney made his performing debut at the age of two, singing “Jesus Loves Me” at the dedication of his sister, Macayla.  

Encouraged by his friends and family, he began to sing at the end of his junior year in high school.  He joined choir his senior year and never looked back.  Since 2009 he has been a core member of many choirs and smaller ensembles.  He is also a charter member of the East Tennessee Symphonic Choir.

Robby is a frequently sought-after baritone soloist and is often invited to offer worship in music at church services around the country.  In addition to these domestic appointments, he has been featured in concert tours in Panama, Scandinavia, and Madagascar. 

While completing his Bachelor of Music in music education at Southern Adventist University, Robby worked at WSMC, working his way up from a lowly student announcer to the student station manager for WSMC Oasis.  He was the host of the Three B's from 2011 to 2015.

Upon completing his bachelor’s degree, Robby moved to Washington State where he taught grades 3-8 for two years.  He then accepted a call to move back to Tennessee to serve as head teacher at Jellico Christian Academy, a position he held until 2021.
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He completed a Master of Music degree in music ministry at Andrews University in the summer of 2023.  As a musicologist, his research interests include Seventh-day Adventist composer F. E. Belden, the vocal and organ music of the German Baroque (especially J. S. Bach), the works of Charles Ives that are heavily influenced by traditional hymnody, and the history of temperaments and tuning systems.

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