Rachel Leach studied composition with Simon Bainbridge, Robert Saxton and Louis Andriessen. Her music has been recorded by NMC and published by Faber.
Rachel has worked within the education departments of most of the UK’s orchestras and opera companies. The majority of her work is for the London Symphony Orchestra and the London Philharmonic Orchestra. Rachel has written over thirty pieces for LSO Discovery and fifteen community operas, including seven for ETO.
Rachel is increasingly in demand as a concert presenter. She is the presenter of the LSO St Lukes lunchtime concert series and regularly presents children's concerts and pre-concert events for LSO, LPO, SCO, RCM and others.
Rachel is passionate about the value of using classical music in the classroom. As lead tutor on the LSO’s On Track teacher training programme and the LPO’s Creative Classrooms programme Rachel has trained over 100 teachers. She is the author of many free online classroom resources including LSO Play and BBC Ten Pieces lesson plans (all four sets).
Recently Rachel was awarded Honorary Membership of the RCM in recognition of her education work.