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BIOGRAPHY
New Zealand-born Rachel
starred in several television series including Children of Fire
Mountain (released on DVD
in April 2010) during her childhood. She trained as a classical singer
and while still a student was a finalist in NZ's prestigious Mobil Song Quest. After
graduating with a degree in music, Rachel worked as a singer/pianist and as a
presenter of arts and music television programmes.
Selected to represent New Zealand in the World Chorus at the Calgary Winter
Olympics, Rachel sang the solo in David Foster's theme song at the Opening
Ceremony to a live audience of 40,000 and a TV audience of 2 billion people.
Invitations to record programmes of pop songs for Radio New Zealand followed,
one of them earning Rachel a prestigious Mobil Radio Award.
After moving to London
Rachel was in The Phantom of the Opera before
joining the a cappella vocal octet The Swingle Singers. She travelled with the
group for four years, giving concerts in 25 countries and working as their
Musical Director.
Since leaving The Swingle
Singers Rachel has given her own cabaret recitals in London and New
York, and has appeared with Rambert Dance Company for two seasons as the
singer in their Cole Porter ballet Elsa Canasta.
Rachel tours internationally with Synergy
Vocals (as she has done since they began in 1996 as a 4-member
ensemble), performing in major concert halls throughout Europe and the
United States. Rachel is a sought-after recording artist and has sung on
the soundtracks of many movies (including Lord of the Rings, Harry
Potter, Shrek, Moulin Rouge, Transformers, Avatar and Tim
Burton's Alice in Wonderland) and
on the albums of such diverse artists as Bjork, Missy Elliott, Keith
Urban and Michael Jackson.
Recently Rachel has sung with the New York Philharmonic at Lincoln Center,
the RTE Concert Orchestra in Dublin (in a Fred Astaire tribute and a
Screen Idols programme of Judy Garland, Marilyn Monroe and Doris Day songs) and
the Lahti Symphony in Finland. She performed with medieval music group
Joglaresa in England and in a new Louis Andriessen opera in Amsterdam. During
2010 Rachel performs at Disney Hall, Los Angeles and Carnegie Hall, New York.
Rachel's album
gentle
rain -
featuring standards by Gershwin, Porter and Berlin as well as
ballads by Michel Legrand, Billy Joel and others - is now available to buy
via this website, or to download from iTunes and other digital
sites.
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