Rebecca has been a member of the Lawson Trio since 2007. Born in east London, she was brought up in the south downs by the sea, and generally needs a bit of both to stay balanced!

As a musician, she is pleased to have had the opportunity to glean musical knowledge and inspiration from the following people and places >>>

Louise Hopkins (cello @ Guildhall School of Music and Drama), Robert Max (cello @ the Junior Academy), Gabor Takacs (@Prussia Cove, the Florestan Trio, David Dolan (classical improvisation @ GSMD), Colin Carr and Simon Rowland Jones (@ Britten Pears residencies), and David Waterman (cello and chamber music @ Chamber Studio and everywhere!)

She’s a member of City of London Sinfonia and a regular extra with Academy St Martin-in-the-Fields chamber orchestras. You can hear her improvisations within the Academy's recent Sound Walk installation ‘A City of Stories’. Rebecca has also guest-led cello sections of the CBSO, Ulster Orchestra and Wexford Festival Opera, and has been a section tutor and workshop leader with the National Youth Orchestra since 2021. 

Intrigued by the possibilities of transforming sound by digital means, she’s performed with and recorded for the last 2 albums of Hidden Orchestra, including tracks solely featuring the cello - the experimental ‘Cage then Brick’ and calming canon ‘One and One’ . This can sometimes be heard in high treetops as a sound installation called ‘Sonic Woodland’ - in late 2024 this can be heard at the Hawkwood Centre for Future Thinking in Stroud as part of the Hidden Notes festival.

She’s currently developing her skills in electronic composition and editing to create a podcast connecting natural and musical sounds - featuring recordings by the Lawson Trio.

Link to other chamber works recorded with Oboe Classics and Ambache Recordings