TONAL - Key Persons


David Tinson

David is a sound designer recordist and editor. He has collaborated with Sarah on various film & radio projects and recorded and mixed the Tonal 10 album.

Karen Hutt

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founders
Karen is a percussionist and co founder of Tonal, she has collaborated with Sarah on numerous projects as composer assistant and as performer. She is skilled in arrangement, orchestration and plays percussion for many orchestras and ensembles in London, across the UK and abroad. Contact Karen

Kate Weston

Job Titles:
  • Sarah 's Agent

Leah Llewellyn - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder
Leah is co-founder of Tonal, many of the photographs and short films on this site are created by her. She production managed the original launch of the company and the 10 years of Tonal album '10' launch. She also recorded the music for Oscar and Jim and Caravan. Leah also uses original Tonal recordings in her films for The Reach Another Foundation and for Manchester City Council.

Ruth O'Reily

Ruth is a cross-genre freelance French Horn player and has featured on Tonal recordings and live performances.

Sarah Llewellyn

Job Titles:
  • Composer & Sound Artist
  • Musical Director, Performer and Founder. More about Sarah
Claire and Sarah met at the circus in 2008 and have been collaborating ever since. Together they ran a successful crowd funding campaign to record the album '10'. Sarah Llewellyn, composer, musical director, performer and founder. Inventive and versatile Sarah composes for, and records with, exceptional, skilful and specialist musicians. Always striving for a fresh and distinctive sound she creates original scores, soundscapes and electro-acoustic works. She has written for orchestras, chamber ensembles, choirs, circus bands, vocalists and electronics. In 2023 Sarah was a judge for the Ivor Novello Awards and had a Royal invitation to Windsor Castle.