About Randy

Randy Pollok is a multifaceted musician and teacher who teaches ukulele, guitar, clarinet, mandolin, bass, and piano to students of all ages. He has been teaching individual lessons and group classes in Rochester since 2011 and previously taught in Charleston, West Virginia and Bloomington, Indiana.

As a member of the Rochester Ukulele Orchestra, Randy has performed at the Rochester International Jazz Festival, the Rochester Fringe Festival, Hochstein at High Falls, farmers markets, public libraries, and The Little Theatre Cafe.

Randy helps to lead and teach the Rochester Ukulele Support Group and teaches workshops at Bernunzio Uptown Music. He teaches group ukulele classes at the Hochstein School of Music and the Flower City Ukulele Festival.

His other performance credits include shows at Roberts Wesleyan College (Les Mis) and St. John Fisher (Little Shop of Horrors, The Drowsy Chaperone, All Shook Up, Heathers: The Musical, and Spring Awakening) and with the Charleston (WV) Light Opera Guild. He was music director at First Presbyterian Church in Brockport from 2013-2022, where he conducted the choir and handbells and played organ, piano, and other instruments. He regularly plays piano and organ at First Presbyterian Church and St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Brockport. 

Randy continues to study piano with Howard Spindler, and has studied clarinet with Andrew Brown and guitar with Bob Sneider at Eastman Community Music School, where he also has played in the Music Educators Wind Ensemble and a clarinet quartet. He has a Bachelor of Music Degree from Illinois State University, and completed graduate coursework at Butler University in Indianapolis.