Rachel Payne is a mezzo-soprano from San Jose, California. Her vocal quality reminds listeners of the golden age of singing. She is dedicated to fantastic performance, and is a champion of music and stage production in her various undertakings as a producer.

Rachel’s education has taken her around the world, from New York’s Manhattan School of Music to Vienna’s Musik und Kunst Privat Universität. Her continuing educational pursuits have led her to work with renowned mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne, dramatic soprano Linda Watson, Seth Riggs of Michael Jackson fame(!), and lyric baritone Vladimir Chernov, as well as the incredible vocal technician Olga Toporkova.

Rachel has performed in concert in the British Isles in London and Edinburgh, and in Europe in Paris, Vienna, various cities in Germany, Austria and Italy. She has also performed at the historic Town Hall in Auckland, NZ.

When living in Los Angeles, Rachel regularly performed in California. Currently, and for the foreseeable future, she performs and resides in West London, UK.

Beyond opera, Rachel is producing two musicals: Anthem, and Hoarders, and has completed three albums: Twisted Folk, Mourning, and an upcoming children’s animated program, Nursery Tales. She also runs Operation Opera, a podcast about contemporary opera performance and authenticity with fellow singer and voice teacher, Alisa Peterson Larsen.

As a soloist, Jack Tyndale-Biscoe has performed to much acclaim at some of the UK’s most prestigious classical music venues: The Royal Albert Hall (Elgar Room), Steinway Hall UK, Fairfield Halls, St James Piccadilly and the Jacqueline du Prè Concert Hall at the University of Oxford, as well as internationally in cities in Australia, USA, Germany, Spain and Italy. His live performances have been broadcast multiple times on WUSF Radio 89.7 FM, Classical Radio.

As an official Talent Unlimited UK and DEBUT Classical Artist, during the 2023 season, Jack will be performing at concert venues across Europe and recording his debut album with KNS Classical – ‘The Divine Spark of Bach’.

Jack Tyndale-Biscoe holds degrees and diplomas from the Australian International Conservatorium of Music/Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Sydney, Brigham Young University, Idaho and the Royal College of Music in London, with additional studies undertaken at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater at the Leipzig Conservatory.

Over the last decade, Jack owes much to an intense musical instruction with masterclasses and mentorship from the top-prizewinners of the Van Cliburn, Gina Bachauer, William Kapell, Leeds, Cleveland International, Maria Canals and Paloma O’Shea Santander Piano Competitions.