RACHEL LEACH
Composer/ Animateur/ Presenter
WORKLIST
scores and parts available from rachelleachmusic@hotmail.com
2016
The Orchestra!
LSO
oice and orchestra
Barbican Hall, June
The Troll
LPO
Voice and orchestra
Royal Festival Hall, May
PERSE 400
The Perse School
Windows piece for orchestra and 3 groups
The Perse School, Cambridge, March
TAKE NOTE
LSO
Mixed ability orchestras
Walthamstow Town Hall, March
2015
Under the Hammerbeam Roof
ETO
Community opera celebrating 500 years of HCP
Hampton Court Palace, November
The Queen's Hat
LSO
Voice and orchestra
Barbican, November
Why Beethoven Threw the Stew
Leonore Trio
Setting of the Steven Isserlis book
Kings Place, October
Rites of Passage
LSO Discovery
Windows piece based on Mussorgsky's Pictures
Three groups and orchestra
Barbican Hall, June
2014
The Stranger in the Street
RCM Philharmonic
Voice and Orchestra
RCM Amarylis Hall, May
Zeppelin Dreams
ETO
Community Opera
Wolverhampton Grand Theatre, March
2013
Flutewise Calling
Flutewise
Mixed ability flutes piece
St Lukes, London, June
Inoh'pokak 2013
LSO
Voice and orchestra
Suntory Hall, Tokyo, March
Three Short Songs
LSO St Lukes Community Choir
St Lukes, London, March
Spin
ETO
Opera for children with special needs
UK / Luxembourg Tour, March - May
2012
The Race
LSO Discovery
Voice and orchestra
Barbican Centre, June
Heave Ho!
RCM Philharmonic
Voice and orchestra
RCM Amarylis Fleming Hall, June
The Deal
RCM Philharmonic
Voice and orchestra
RCM Amarylis Fleming Hall, February
The Dream, The Witch and The Waltz
LSO Discovery
Voice and orchestra
Barbican Centre, February
2011
Spirit Level
ETO / ENB
Devised Opera
Surrey and Preston, December
Mad Spirits
ETO
Devised opera
Arts Depot, Finchley, September
Weird or Wonderful?
LSO Discovery
Voice and orchestra
Barbican Centre, June
100 Years Ago
RCM Philharmonic
Voice and orchestra
RCM Amarylis Fleming Hall, June
Dogs Don't Do Ballet!
LSO Discovery
Songs and music for Key Stage 1
LSO St Lukes and London schools tour
SO-NA-TA
LSO Discovery
Voice and orchestra
Barbican Centre, January
2010
Basest Beggers
ETO
Devised opera
Arts Depot, Finchley, September
Return of the Erlking
LSO Discovery
Voice and orchestra
Barbican Centre, June
Lets Make a Band
LSO Discovery
Voice and orchestra
Barbican Centre, June
String-A-Long
LPO Education and In Harmony Lambeth Strings
Beginner strings and orchestra
Royal Festival Hall, June
Border Control
Casa da Musica
Devised opera
Casa da Musica, Porto, April
Dope Under Thorncombe
Trilith Films
Film score
Bridport Arts Centre, February
Olivia Forms a Band
LSO Discovery
Songs and music for Key Stage 1
LSO St Lukes and London Schools Tour
2009
In The Belly of a Horse
ETO
hildren's opera
UK Tour, October - December
Any Person's Guide to the Orchestra
LSO Discovery
Orchestra and audience
Barbican Centre, July
One Day, Two Dawns
ETO
Community opera
Hall for Cornwall, May
WINNER : RPS AWARD, BEST EDUCATION PROJECT
Out of Town
NMC
Soprano and piano
WINNER : CLASSIC FM / GRAMOPHONE AWARD (NMC SONGBOOK)
You Can Only Dream
ETO
Children's opera
ROH Main Stage, March
2008
The Hungry Wolf
LSO Discovery
Voice and orchestra
Barbican Centre, November
This Is The Story...
LSO Discovery
Voice and orchestra
Barbican Centre, November
The Great Northern Hippo
Opera North
Schools opera
Leeds University, June
Bartholomew & The Bug
LSO Discovery
Voice and orchestra
Barbican Centre, April
Musical Time Machine
LSO Discovery
LSO ensemble and 7 schools group
Ocean Hackney, March
2007
Voithia!
ETO
Children's opera
UK tour, January - February 2008
Giggle Giggle Quack
LSO Discovery
Songs and music for under 5's
London Primary Schools Tour, November 2007
2006
Cows That Can Type
LSO Discovery
Songs and music for under 5's
London Primary Schools Tour, November 2006
Tantivy
LSO Sound Adventures
For London Symphony Orchestra
Barbican Centre, December
Crossing the Styx
ETO / Wonderful Beast Theatre Co.
Children's opera
UK Tour, October
Ice
ETO
And arrangement of Janacek's Jenufa for three singers, actor, piano and percussion
UK Schools Tour, July
Mr Cheadle's Menagerie
LSO Discovery
Orchestra and children
Barbican Centre, June
2005
Rufus the Monster
LSO Discovery
Songs and music for children under 5
Barbican Centre, June
dans le metro
LSO Discovery
Orchestra and children
Barbican Centre, June
Echolalia
Ensemble Bash
Percussion quartet
Southampton and UK Tour, April
One Breath
ETO Community Opera
With Helen Chadwick
Sheffield Manor Castle, June
Bartholomew & The Bug
LSO Discovery
Songs and music for children under 5
London Primary Schools Tour, February
Florida InternationalFestival Tour, July
2004
The Ultimate Storyteller
LSO Discovery
Song for orchestra and audience
Premiere Barbican Centre, July
Horton Hears a Who
LSO Discovery
Songs and music for children under 5, telling the Dr Seuss story
London Primary Schools Tour, January 2004
Florida InternationalFestival Tour, July 2005
Selfish Giant
Opera North
Opera for primary school children based on the Oscar Wilde story
Premiere Sheffield, February
2003
Lousy St Lukes
LSO Discovery
St Lukes Community Choir, LSO soloists, youth groups and film
March
2002
R U Listening?
Hackney Music Development Trust
Youth opera for Hackney teenagers
Areola Theatre, December
South of the River
English National Opera
Community opera for ENO Baylis Southwark Residency
The Big Top, Tower Bridge, June
Jack and Jill
English National Opera
chamber opera for ENO studios / Tete a Tete Opera
Bridewell Theatre, February
2001
3.48am
Three Strange Angels
Percussion duet
The Warehouse, December
Any Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Aldeburgh Fringe Festival
For 200 people and mixed ensemble
Aldeburgh Beach, June
Unreal!
Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Orchestra and children
Scottish Tour, June
Waiting for the Inevitable...
Matthew Sharp and Dominic Harlan
Wigmore Hall & BBC Radio 3
Wigmore Hall, June
2000
Hector and Harriet
LSO Discovery
School orchestra, three school groups and soloists
Barbican Centre, October
About Face
Royal Opera House
Schools opera
Linbury Theatre, June