ABOUT
Leah is an Australian Soprano currently completing her Master of Music Studies (Opera Performance) at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music under the tutelage of Maree Ryan AM. Leah completed her Bachelor of Music Performance (Classical Voice) with full scholarship support . Prior to commencing her training at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music she received Encore Nominations for Music 2 and Music Extension and awarded the Zonta International Women’s Day for Performing Arts Award.
Her most recent performance credits include Sydney Conservatorium Lunchbreak concerts, Art Song Concert, Con Lieder Series, SCM’s Opera’s Heroes and Villains Concert, Croydon Crescendo Concert Series, Liederfest, SCC Whitacre and Hindson Wind Symphony Concert and Haydn’s Nelson Mass with the Con Symphony Orchestra. She has also performed in Don Giovanni with Concordia Enemble and as Mrs Waa, in the all Australian Opera, Parrwang Lifts the Sky by Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO. She has also had the opportunity to participate in masterclasses with esteemed musicians: Prof Michael-Halliwell, Brian Castles Onion, Stephen Layton and Graham Johnson OBE. Leah is deeply committed to creating accessibility for young people within the classical music space and recently co-developed and performed in a touring school’s program and ensemble, Storia Di Melodie. The shows intent was to bring Opera alive to young audiences in a fun and engaging way, who previously would not have the opportunity to, which it achieved successfully.

beginnings…
Leah grew up on the east coast of NSW surrounded by the best of Australias oceans and forest. After enduring many childhood expeditions into the wild (her parents are avid explorers and scuba divers!), she realised that her true passion was instead for writing, music and drama. An avid storyteller from a young age, she decided to dedicate her life to learning the required skills to express these stories on stage and became an active participant in many community plays, musicals, concerts and eisteddfods. She started piano lessons at age 5, added classical singing at 11 along with guitar and drama lessons at 13. Leah plans to further her studies overseas in her pursuit of a career in Opera once she completes her Masters of Music, Opera Performance.



