Skip Rohrich has been a performer/educator since graduating from Indiana University with a B.M. in jazz studies. He is a student of jazz history and enjoys performing jazz from any period of the music. Of particular interest to him is the period of jazz between 1920 and 1930 and he has done extensive research and playing over the years in that style of jazz drumming which is poorly represented on recordings due to the limitations of the recording industry during that period. He has been fortunate to have been able to perform with some of the finest young exponents of this music on many rare vintage instruments he has collected over the years.

Though a drummer, Skip considers soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy and pianist Paul Bley to be his main musical influences and enjoys introducing these musicians to audiences which even though may be fairly knowledgeable about jazz, often have no idea who these two remarkable musicians are. He has been fortunate to have studied with many fine teachers over the years including George Gaber, Michael Rosen, and Duncan Patton in Classical percussion, but considers the summer he spent studying with jazz drummer Barry Altschul to have been the most influential on his developement as a jazz musician. Skip was recently awarded a 2007 Individual Artist Fellowship in jazz performance from the Delaware Division of the Arts.