Meet Musician Extraodinaire Ayrosh Collo

Ayrosh Collo, a 21 year old student taking Economics at Kenyatta University. He is a singer, songwriter, actor and a radio personality who is passionate about making a mark in the Arts scene especially in the Performing Arts. Having been raised in Nairobi, Ayrosh Collo understood from an early age that he was going to end in the Arts having had interests in Fine Arts, Performing Arts as well as Music at an early age.
However, it was the latter that he ended up pursuing.

 
Although Ayrosh always had a passion for music, it was only until he decided to learn piano did he take it seriously. Here he met a pianist, Ken, a graduate in Music from Kenyatta University and the Founder of Chord of David Music Institute who helped him discover his voice as well as gave him basic music training. This was the turning point in his musical life. He later joined Kenyatta University where he continued to horn his skills performing in different forums, concerts, weddings as well as open mic events. Ayrosh has also tried his hand on event organizing where he founded The Accoustic Live Festival- a music event targeting young talent from universities in Nairobi and its environs. it is held every semester at Kenyatta University. This was brought about by a general lack of platforms for young singers to showcase their talent.

In September 2013, Ayrosh Collo joined the Artist Development Programme at Sauti Academy where he has continued to develop his talent as well as sharpen his musical skills. This has built him both as a person as
well as in experience. This is evident on stage where his mellow voice as well as
charm has made him stand out as an artist to look out for. The ladies are not complaining either. However, his musical journey has not been without challenges, nothing comes easy though and as he would say "a problem or a challenge is an opportunity for you to do something great. What is life without a bit of trouble to keep us interested?" All it takes is patience, hard work and an open mind. His music is heavily influenced by the blues, rock and neo-soul. He uses his music to tell his life story and hopes that his story might touch somebody's life and in turn bring some positive change to society in general.