REBECCA LEYTON

Violoncello

Email: beckyleyton@aol.com

 

ORCHESTRAL EXPERIENCE

Professional

  • Royal Philharmonic Orchestra               (Extra)            Rank & File
  • RPO Concert Orchestra                       (Freelance)      Rank & File
  • Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra       (Extra)            Rank & File
  • London Concert Orchestra                   (Freelance)      Rank & File
  • National Symphony Orchestra              (Freelance)      Rank & File
  • Donmar Warehouse ‘Uncle Vanya       (Deputy)          Solo Cello
  • D’Oyly Carte Orchestra                       (Deputy)          Co-Principal
  • City of Oxford Orchestra                      (Freelance)      Rank & File
  • Deal & Presteigne Festivals                   (Freelance)      Principal
  • Mowbray Orchestra                             (Freelance)      Principal

Training

  • RCM Symphony Orchestra                                          Principal
  • RCM Opera Orchestra                                                 Principal
  • RCM Chamber Orchestra                                            Principal
  • RNCM New Ensemble                                                Solo Cello
  • Britten-Pears Orchestra                                                Principal
  • National Musicians’ Symphony Orchestra                     Principal
  • RNCM Sinfonia                                                           Principal

     

CHAMBER & SOLO EXPERIENCE

  • Knox Piano Trio – Founder member
  • Haydn C major Concerto, European Vacation Chamber Orchestra   2003
  • Shostakovich 1st Concerto, European Vacation Orchestra                  2001
  • Elgar Concerto, Cumbria Youth Orchestra                                          1995

 

EDUCATION

  • Royal College of Music (Scholar) PG Dip (solo) & AdvPG Dip (orch) 2001-2003
  • Royal Northern College of Music PGCE in Music with Specialist Strings 1999-2001
  • Magdalen College, Oxford (Scholar) MA (Hons) Music 1996-1999

Professors

Jerome Pernoo      Hannah Roberts      Jennifer Ward Clarke      Francois Rive

 

PRIZES & SCHOLARSHIPS

  • Robert MacFadzean White Scholarship, RCM 2001
  • Joan Conway Prize – Final Recital Performance, Oxford 1999
  • Instrumental Scholarship, Magdalen College, Oxford 1995

 

REFEREES

Francois Rive

Jerome Pernoo

 

 

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