While in Sydney, he studied with American musicians Gordon Brisker and William Motzing, Australians Dale Barlow, Dave Panichi and Col Loughnan and New Zealand-born pianist Mike Nock.
He also studied the history of contemporary composition with Richard Toop and shakuhachi with grand master Riley Lee.
[3] In 2008, Rorke moved to Trondheim, Norway, to undertake studies at Norwegian University of Science and Technology conservatory.
While there, he studied with John Pål Inderberg and took composition lessons with Terje Bjørklund, Odd Johan Overøye and Henning Sommerro.
[4] In 2011, he toured Norway with the Australian pianist Alister Spence and his trio of Canadian bass player Joe Williamson and the Swedish percussionist Christopher Cantillo.