Rebecca Lawrence  Workshop Leader, Composer

As a teacher, children’s song writer and animateur Rebecca has visited many schools around the country where she has led workshops that contain a variety of songs, music, active poetry, drama, stories and mask work. Her years of experience in the classroom prior to the birth of her daughter Emily have been an invaluable asset when leading primary teacher’s INSET in schools as well as children’s vocal projects.

Rebecca has always enjoyed writing songs for children and in recent years has been commissioned to write many songs and cantatas for a variety of occasions.  Commissions have come from a wide variety of sources such as Boosey and Hawkes, Methodist Publishing House, schools, CBSO junior chorus, Youth in Unisong, VIVA (orchestra of the east midlands), Milton Keynes and numerous some large commissions for Dudley Performing Arts.  Her music continues to be used all over the country, often in massed choir events or local school productions.  

In contrast, Rebecca has re-written and directed ‘The Beggar’s Opera’ for the Finchley Children’s Music Group Summer School and presented a collection of infant singing galas in Kingston as well as concerts in Derby and Milton Keynes.

Rebecca has a great zest for life and her enthusiasm for her work is obvious.  Her main aim is to generate a genuine and life long love for music and drama in both children and teachers just as her own music teacher at primary school did for her.