Robert Oliver's long and active life includes singing, playing the viol, and choral conducting. He formed Palliser Viols about 10 years ago, and their February concert Music & Memory was reviewed by Elizabeth Kerr in fivelines.nz, scroll down to Music & Memory.

For Mirth & Solace, September 30th, Futuna Chapel, three viols, Sophia Acheson, Imogen Granwal and Robert Oliver, are joined by Joan Perarnau Garriga, violone and Pepe Becker, Soprano in music by the greqt Elizabethan, William Byrd and his friends and colleagues