Reisha Adams was born in Dudley in the Black Country. She graduated with a first class Bachelor of Music (Hons) degree from Birmingham Conservatoire in 2006, with vocal tuition from Maureen Brathwaite and has just completed her Post-Graduate Diploma at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama with Janet Price. She was awarded the Laura Ashley Foundation Scholarship in 2008 and 2009, a share of the Sir Geraint Evans' award in 2009 and most recently the Jenkin Philips Scholarship. In April 2010, Reisha was selected from auditions and accepted on the Live Music Now scheme which was established by Yehudi Menuhin to give young performers the opportunity to take live music into the community.

Reisha has performed in many venues including Symphony Hall, Birmingham; Bridgewater Hall, Manchester and The Royal Albert Hall, London with the BBC, City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, and Ex Cathedra under the direction of Jeffrey Skidmore.

Reisha brings a distinctive approach to her performances, which include notable roles as Aneska (Smetana - 'The Two Widows'); Lucy (Bricusse and Wildhorn - 'Jekyll and Hyde'); Donna Elvira (Mozart - 'Don Giovanni'); Sylvia (World premiere of Robin Grant's 'Dee'); Foxcub (Janacek - 'Cunning Little Vixen' under the musical direction of Stephen Barlow).

Most recently she has performed in a master class with Mark Padmore at the Wigmore Hall, London and at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff where she played leading roles as the Governess (Turn of the Screw), the Female Chorus (The Rape of Lucretia) and sang the cabaret song 'Johnny' in a newly devised piece entitled 'Britten's Women' based on the work of composer Benjamin Britten.