About Us
We're Rayfield Allied Publishing – the new venture from Rayfield Allied which brings a new model of music publishing, and a heightened level of support to several of the most exciting composers on the Rayfield Allied roster.
The publishing needs of composers has changed in recent years. With technologicial advances in score creation and digital music distribution many of the services provided by traditional publishing houses have become less important. We wanted to create a new streamlined model which better reflects a composer's needs, and gives them greater control over the works they have created.
We hope you will enjoy exploring the works of the Rayfield Allied Publishing composers!
The Team
Ben Rayfield was born in Yorkshire and educated at Leeds Grammar School. He was awarded a choral scholarship to study Mathematics and Philosophy at Magdalen College, Oxford University, where he sang in the choir under the direction of Bill Ives. After graduating in 1995, Ben was appointed as a lay-clerk in the choir of New College, Oxford, directed by Edward Higginbottom, regularly touring and recording with groups such as The King’s Consort and The Academy of Ancient Music.
On leaving Oxford in 1997, Ben embarked on a freelance career as a musician, and has enjoyed great success, having made over a hundred recordings in repertoire as diverse as medieval music on Hyperion, via grand opera on Opera Rara and Chandos, through to the Cannes Classical Award-winning recording of Arvo Pärt’s Passio on Naxos.
Particularly noted as an early music singer, Ben has regularly performed with consorts such as The Tallis Scholars, The Cardinall’s Musick and The Clerk’s Group, as well as the larger choirs of The Sixteen, The Gabrieli Consort and The English Concert.
In 2003, Ben moved into the field of artist management, firstly working closely with Sue Nicholls in the vocal department at Hazard Chase Ltd, before starting his own agency, Rayfield Artists, in 2005. In September 2011 Rayfield Artists merged with Allied Artists Agency to form Rayfield Allied, of which he is Managing Director. From 2011 to 2016 he was a Director of the International Artists’ Managers Association, and in 2018 he chaired IAMA's conference in London's King's Place.
Ben works with the following artists
Katie Smart read Music with Spanish at Royal Holloway, University of London and graduated in 2017. Her dissertation centred on film music and she focused her performance on her primary instrument of the piano, whilst also performing in choirs and orchestras and working behind the scenes. Following internships with the London Mozart Players and IMG Artists, Katie joined Rayfield Allied in September 2017.
Katie also enjoys badminton, choral singing and sewing.
Katie works with the following artists
