Interviewer John Jane

Vocalist, musician, school owner and teacher Daphne Roubini enjoys a hectic schedule and active lifestyle. Generally known has 'Ruby' by her students (myself included), she moved to Vancouver from her native London, England in 2004. Nine years ago she started up her own Ukulele school with only a dozen students. Now, Ruby’s Ukes Ukulele School, on Seymour Street in Vancouver, boasts around three hundred students per term.

Daphne’s own musical journey started when she was just a child singing around the house, but her formal training at The City Lit Institute in London, along with private lessons and mentoring with exalted British Jazz Singer Ian Shaw.

Already regarded as a promising vocalist, she then went on to perform at local jazz venues in London including the famed National Theatre Foyer jazz sessions on the South Bank, and Daphne now regularly plays at The Vancouver Jazz Festival, and Frankie’s Jazz club to sold out shows.