Instruments soprano Record label Deux-Elles Limited | Genre Classical Albums The Songs of Louis Vierne | |
Occupation(s) conductor, choral arranger. Associated acts Capital Children's Choir Similar Capital Children's Choir, Roger Vignoles, Wild Colonials, Angela McCluskey, Keith Allen | ||
Sweet child of mine arr by rachel santesso
Rachel Santesso is a British soprano, conductor and choral arranger.
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Life
She studied voice and organ at the Conservatorio Di Musica F.E. Dall'Abaco di Verona and oboe at the University of Victoria in Canada. Santesso is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and in 2001 she founded the Capital Children's Choir, which she also directs. Several videos of the choir's covers of contemporary songs such as "Chances" and "Untrust Us" have received media attention and have gone viral. Santesso has released several albums with the choir and in 2015 the choir performed on the soundtrack for the film Pan. As a soprano she released two albums, The Songs of Louis Vierne (2005) and The Sacred Heart of Nino Rota (2007).
Santesso taught briefly at a primary school in London, where she taught a young Lily Allen, who has credited Santesso as a mentor.
Songs
Spleens et Détresses - Op 38 - words by Paul VerlaineThe Songs of Louis Vierne · 2005
Les Angélus - Op 57 - words by Jehan Le Povre MoyneThe Songs of Louis Vierne · 2005
Poèmes de Baudelaire - Op 45 - words by Charles BaudelaireThe Songs of Louis Vierne · 2005