REBECCA
FREELANCE CREATIVE
REBECCA
FREELANCE CREATIVE
REBECCA TOAL IS A FREELANCE CREATIVE, WORKING AS A TRUMPET PLAYER,
PODCASTER, WRITER, TEACHER AND MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE.
As a trumpet player, Rebecca has performed with a whole spectrum of ensembles and orchestras: the London Philharmonic Orchestra and BBC Philharmonic, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Academy of Ancient Music, Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra and Apartment House.
Co-hosting the podcast Things Musicians Don’t Talk About with Hattie Butterworth, Rebecca aims to destigmatize taboo topics in the music industry. The podcast has now interviewed over 60 musicians and industry professionals, commissioned blogs, compiled musician-specific resources and delivered in-person workshops to organisations and institutions such as the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, Chethams School of Music and the Royal College of Music.
Rebecca’s written work has appeared in Music Teacher Magazine, JESTA, and Opera Now, and 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 is proud of her trumpet teaching work at St Albans High School for Girls, and is looking forward to qualifying as a person-centred counsellor in 2025.
MY STORY
REBECCA TOAL IS A FREELANCE CREATIVE, WORKING
AS A TRUMPET PLAYER, PODCASTER, WRITER,
TEACHER AND MENTAL HEALTH ADVOCATE.
As a trumpet player, Rebecca has performed with a whole spectrum of ensembles and orchestras: the London Philharmonic Orchestra and BBC Philharmonic, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, the Academy of Ancient Music, Lucerne Festival Contemporary Orchestra and Apartment House.
Co-hosting the podcast Things Musicians Don’t Talk About with Hattie Butterworth, Rebecca aims to destigmatize taboo topics in the music industry. The podcast has now interviewed over 60 musicians and industry professionals, commissioned blogs, compiled musician-specific resources and delivered in-person workshops to organisations and institutions such as the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Scotland, Chethams School of Music and the Royal College of Music.
Rebecca’s written work has appeared in Music Teacher Magazine, JESTA, and Opera Now, and 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 is proud of her trumpet teaching work at St Albans High School for Girls, and is looking forward to qualifying as a person-centred counsellor in 2025.
