| Biography | Rianna studies flute and alto saxophone, as a joint first-study at the Royal College of Music Junior Department. She also attends Alleyns School, in Dulwich, where she is a music scholar and participates in a gospel choir and a saxophone ensemble, as well as the school Chamber Choir and Symphony Orchestra, where she is the principal flautist. Rianna has performed with the National Childrens Orchestras of Great Britain, the South London Youth Orchestra, the Symphony Orchestra of the Royal College of Music and both, the Chineke! Orchestra and the Kuumba Youth Orchestra, aiming to increase the musical skills of instrumentalists of an ethnic minority.
Riannas goal musically is to become a professional performer, either as a jazz saxophonist, playing her own arrangements, or as an orchestral flautist. Starting music at a very tender age, Rianna had always wondered why she was not accompanied with a similar background and as a British-Black Caribbean individual, with parents of Jamaican descent, she feels that it is necessary for everyone to be able to express themselves musically. She believes that having herself, and others like herself, with a love of music on the programme, is a fantastic idea. |