Aiyana Rennie is an RCM Scholar and undergraduate at the Royal College of Music in London, studying double bass with Rodrigo Moro Martín London Symphony Orchestra Principal and Enno Senft Chamber Orchestra of Europe Principal and Founding Member.

Aiyana’s expertise and extensive experience for her age are widely acknowledged. She recently performed with Sinfonia Cymru Ankaben: Sidiki Dembélé 2024 tour. In 2023 completed Professional Development with the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Northern Sinfonia, and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra members of the Consortium of Orchestras together with Black Lives in Music. Aiyana was selected for the 2023/2024 Royal Opera House Overture Mentoring Programme mentored by ROH Orchestra Principal Marco Behtash. 

Aiyana performs regularly with the Chineke! Orchestra starting in 2020 with all three Chineke! Behind Closed Doors Concerts at the London Southbank Royal Festival Hall. Notable performances include 2023 BRIT Awards with Stormzy, Exodus: Bob Marley Reimagined, a partnership between Island Records and BBC marking the 60th anniversary of Jamaican Independence, Max Richter’s VOICES and The Four Seasons Recomposed at the Royal Hospital Chelsea and Alicia Keys Queen Charlotte NETFLIX. Aiyana’s most recent performances include the 2024 BBC Proms, Lucerne Festival Switzerland, and the Cultural Harmonies European tour performances include Berlin Konzert Haus Berlin, Elbphilharmonie Hamburg and Brussels Henry Le Boeuf Hall. 

Aiyana has continued to pursue development and was selected for the 2023 National Symphony Orchestra Summer Music Institute in Washington DC, USA. In 2024 Aiyana won Principal position of the Miami Beach Classical Music Festival, a selective international summer programme of groundbreaking immersive symphonic and opera performances.

Aiyana began learning the double bass when she was 9 years old at the Royal College of Music’s Junior Department as a member of the Mini Bass Programme. When she turned 12, she attended the Yehudi Menuhin School, and in 2020 she continued her studies at Chetham’s School of Music.

Since 2016, Aiyana has been an active performer in various orchestral groups. She was a member of the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain for four consecutive years from 2016 to 2019. She joined the Ernest Read Symphony Orchestra in 2019, one of London’s leading amateur orchestras founded in 1931. One of her most recent performances with this orchestra was at the Royal Academy of Music, Dukes Hall for the 90th Birthday Gala.

In 2020, Aiyana successfully auditioned for the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain at the age of 14 and was a member for four consecutive years. That same year, she was one of eight young musicians selected for the London Philharmonic Orchestra Junior Artist programme where she received extensive orchestral training and development. As a member of the Chineke! Junior Orchestra, she played in their first European tour starting at the 2022 Lucerne Festival in the heart of Switzerland.

Aiyana was awarded 2nd Prize in the Cello and Double Bass Category of the 2022 Radda Rise International String Competition and was also selected for the BBC Young Musician 2022 string Category Audition round.

In addition to classical music, Aiyana has a strong interest in musical theatre and jazz. She started playing jazz piano at 7 years old and has continued to pursue it as a member of the National Youth Jazz Collective and the National Youth Jazz Orchestra London Academy. In 2016, she was the first recipient of the Chris Isaac £1,000 Award given to the most promising jazz musicians in memory of the talented musician, Chris Issac. In 2019, she had the opportunity to perform double bass for the British Youth Music Theatre’s A.L.I.C.E Wanderlust show, which strengthened her passion for musical theatre. In 2024 Aiyana became a member of Brand Nu Dollar a collective of musicians performing the music of composer Abdullah Ibrahim one of the world’s leading jazz performers.

Aiyana was invited to speak in a panel conversation on YouTube as part of the Los Angeles Philharmonic YOLA National at Home - Young Artist Series: Bass Forward, alongside three distinguished double bassists, Chi-chi Nwanoku, Joseph Conyers, and Dalanie Harris. Aside from music, Aiyana enjoys travelling, hiking and sailing, and she is a member of the Royal Yachting Association in the United Kingdom.