Rebecca is a Bay Area native. She has been a member of the music
faculty at since 2001, where she founded the USF Classical Choral
Ensembles (University Choir, Chamber Singers, and the
Women's Choir). She also teaches Music Appreciation and
Musicianship and Principles of Tonal Theory. Rebecca holds an
active voice studio at USF and in the San Francisco area. In
addition to her work at USF, Rebecca directs Sacred and Profane, an
Oakland and Berkeley based advanced chamber choir, as well as the
Temple Beth El choir in Aptos. She has served as the director of
the Chancel Choir at Saint Ignatius Church in San Francisco and has
been a member of the faculty at the University of California, Santa
Cruz, in addition to previous academic and church positions in
Santa Cruz, Mountain View, and Iowa City, IA.
A strong proponent of Swedish choral music, Rebecca has written
extensively on Swedish music for women's choir and the
music of contemporary Swedish composer Karin Rehnqvist. She has
also received a grant to study choral conducting under renowned
Swedish conductor Eric Ericson. Her conducting teachers have
included Nicole Paiement, Timothy Stalter, and William Hatcher. She
holds bachelors and masters degrees from the University of
California, Santa Cruz, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in choral
conducting and pedagogy from the University of Iowa. In addition to
her work with classical music, Rebecca is co-producer of a
documentary film about folk music impresario Izzy Young, currently
in post-production. She performs regularly with her wineglass
organ.
