ABOUT
Rebecca Toal is a freelance creative, working as a trumpet player, podcaster, writer, teacher and mental health advocate. She is passionate about radical honesty and authenticity, and infuses her work with these values.
As an orchestral trumpet player, Rebecca has performed with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, Ulster Orchestra, Chineke! Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Scottish Ballet, and Academy of St Martin in the Fields. She also has a passion for historical performance, and has had the pleasure of playing the baroque trumpet with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Armonico Consort, Ensemble Alia Mens and the Academy of Ancient Music. Recently she also undertook the challenge to perform Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 with the Mayfield Festival Orchestra. True to her creative fluidity, Rebecca loves the imaginative and innovative work that contemporary music has to offer, and is thrilled to have played with Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra, Apartment House, Explore Ensemble London Sinfonietta Academy, and An Assembly. She also works as a dep regularly on musical theatre shows across the UK; current and previous shows include Top Hat, Mary Poppins, Spirited Away, Into the Woods and the Les Mis area tour.
Co-hosting the podcast Things Musicians Don’t Talk About with Hattie Butterworth, Rebecca aims to destigmatize issues in the music industry and create transparency around what life as a musician looks like today. The podcast has now interviewed over 80 musicians and industry professionals including bassoonist and broadcaster Linton Stephens, mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton, and broadcaster and author Dr Hannah French. Rebecca and Hattie have been working hard to expand Things Musicians Don’t Talk About outwards, supplementing their main work on the podcast by commissioning blogs, compiling resources and delivering in-person workshops to organisations and institutions such as the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, Chethams School of Music, Wells Cathedral School, the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music. Things Musicians Don't Talk About is proud to be supported by the Royal Society of Musicians.
Words and communication fascinate Rebecca, and she explores their power through writing and speaking. Her written work has appeared in Music Teacher Magazine, JESTA, and Opera Now. As a speaker, she has given talks and appeared on panels with the Liverpool Philharmonic Music Industry Careers Fest, London Mozart Players, creative community What Does Not and Empower IWD. She has appeared on BBC Radio 3 and 4 several times, discussing topics such as sexual harassment in the industry, musicians’ injuries and mental health.
Rebecca is also a qualified person-centred therapist, working as a private practitioner and with both West Central London Mind and The Whole Works, Edinburgh.
Rebecca graduated with a first class Master of Arts degree and an LRAM from the Royal Academy of Music in 2020 and from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she received her Bachelor of Music Honours degree, in 2018. She feels passionate that musical knowledge and exploration is to be passed on through teaching and collaboration, and is very proud to have worked as a mentor/coach/teacher with the Lucerne Festival Academy, National Youth Concert Band, National Children’s Concert Band, Junior Trinity Laban Conservatoire, Britten Sinfonia, St. Albans High School for Girls, Music Education Islington, and Enfield Music Service.
ABOUT
Rebecca Toal is a freelance creative, working as a trumpet player, podcaster, writer, teacher and mental health advocate. She is passionate about radical honesty and authenticity, and infuses her work with these values.
As an orchestral trumpet player, Rebecca has performed with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic, Ulster Orchestra, Chineke! Orchestra, Britten Sinfonia, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia, Scottish Ballet, and Academy of St Martin in the Fields. She also has a passion for historical performance, and has had the pleasure of playing the baroque trumpet with the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Armonico Consort, Ensemble Alia Mens and the Academy of Ancient Music. Recently she also undertook the challenge to perform Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 with the Mayfield Festival Orchestra. True to her creative fluidity, Rebecca loves the imaginative and innovative work that contemporary music has to offer, and is thrilled to have played with Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra, Apartment House, Explore Ensemble London Sinfonietta Academy, and An Assembly. She also works as a dep regularly on musical theatre shows across the UK; current and previous shows include Top Hat, Mary Poppins, Spirited Away, Into the Woods and the Les Mis area tour.
Co-hosting the podcast Things Musicians Don’t Talk About with Hattie Butterworth, Rebecca aims to destigmatize issues in the music industry and create transparency around what life as a musician looks like today. The podcast has now interviewed over 80 musicians and industry professionals including bassoonist and broadcaster Linton Stephens, mezzo-soprano Jamie Barton, and broadcaster and author Dr Hannah French. Rebecca and Hattie have been working hard to expand Things Musicians Don’t Talk About outwards, supplementing their main work on the podcast by commissioning blogs, compiling resources and delivering in-person workshops to organisations and institutions such as the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, Chethams School of Music, Wells Cathedral School, the Royal College of Music and the Royal Academy of Music. Things Musicians Don't Talk About is proud to be supported by the Royal Society of Musicians.
Words and communication fascinate Rebecca, and she explores their power through writing and speaking. Her written work has appeared in Music Teacher Magazine, JESTA, and Opera Now. As a speaker, she has given talks and appeared on panels with the Liverpool Philharmonic Music Industry Careers Fest, London Mozart Players, creative community What Does Not and Empower IWD. She has appeared on BBC Radio 3 and 4 several times, discussing topics such as sexual harassment in the industry, musicians’ injuries and mental health.
Rebecca is also a qualified person-centred therapist, working as a private practitioner and with both West Central London Mind and The Whole Works, Edinburgh.
Rebecca graduated with a first class Master of Arts degree and an LRAM from the Royal Academy of Music in 2020 and from the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, where she received her Bachelor of Music Honours degree, in 2018. She feels passionate that musical knowledge and exploration is to be passed on through teaching and collaboration, and is very proud to have worked as a mentor/coach/teacher with the Lucerne Festival Academy, National Youth Concert Band, National Children’s Concert Band, Junior Trinity Laban Conservatoire, Britten Sinfonia, St. Albans High School for Girls, Music Education Islington, and Enfield Music Service.