Rebecca Lea grew up in Macclesfield and attended the King’s School before going on to study at The Queen’s College, Oxford, the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and latterly the Royal Northern College of Music. She has appeared as a soloist in concert and on BBC Radio 3 with Manchester Camerata, Northern Sinfonia, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Ensemble 10/10, Psappha, and the NDR Radio Choir, Hamburg. Recent performances include Purcell’s King Arthur in the Laieszhalle, Hamburg; Louis Andriessen’s Dances with Ensemble 10/10 in Liverpool; Judith Weir’s The Consolations of Scholarship at The Sage, Gateshead; King Harald’s Saga at the Wigmore Hall; recitals at the Lake District and Chester Summer Music Festivals; and William Bolcom’s Cabaret Songs at the Royal Albert Hall as part of the BBC Proms Lates Series. She also works as a consort and ensemble singer with the BBC Singers, The Sixteen, Britten Sinfonia Voices, Exaudi, Stile Antico, The Choir of the Enlightenment, and Platinum Consort. Rebecca is Artistic Director of the award-winning music theatre company Re:Sound (www.resoundmusictheatre.co.uk). Recent work includes After Party, a new production about the life of composer Franz Schubert at the Oxford Lieder Festival and Battles Within and Without, a staged performance of Judith Weir’s choral masterpiece Missa del Cid, performed in London, Manchester and the Lake District. Company plans for 2015 include The Midnight Stories, three new operas for singer-instrumentalist ensemble, developed as part of the Aldeburgh Open Spaces Scheme, a three-year residency at Snape Maltings, kindly supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Help Musicians UK, and the RVW Trust. Rebecca lives in London with her husband William (our musical director) and baby daughter Rose.