The Musik Makers

ilities are infinite. This is not to say that music cannot be learned at any age. After taking up piano lessons at the age of three, Miss Rebecca soon started up with tap, jazz, ballet, and later modern dance. By the age of eight, Miss Rebecca was performing in her first musical and her passion for the stage was rampant! Voice lessons followed shortly thereafter and Rebecca began competing in vocal competitions in high school. The highlight of her competitive career came when she was featured as a soloist in the NYSTS Young Artists Winners Recital at Carnegie Hall at the age of 17. Miss Rebecca double majored in vocal performance and music education at Westminster Choir College. While a student, she also performed leading roles in school and local opera and theatre companies. She was also fortunate enough to study dance at the Princeton Ballet School. Her schooling peaked an interest in Early Childhood and Miss Rebecca became certified in the musical methodologies of Orff, Kodaly, Dalcroze and in the 4Mat Teaching System. Rebecca received Early Childhood Certification through the Musikgarten Program and ran a birth through 6 year old, parent and child, music and play program from 2000-2003. From 1997-2004, Miss Rebecca served as the Choir Directors to several vocal and handbell choirs and a musical drama group at Readington Reformed Church in Readington, NJ. Since leaving the Princeton area, Rebecca has performed in various theatres throughout PA, such as Civic Theatre where she has also assistant directed and choreographed, PA Playhouse and MunOpCo. In 2002 Rebecca played the leading role of “Susanna” in Le Nozze di Figaro with the New York City Opera Forum. Rebecca workedas musical director and director for three of the PA Playhouse shows for the 2006 season and was there Musical Director for the 2007 Young Actor’s Studio. She is currently a very active member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing and serves as Vice President on the board of the Lehigh Valley Chapter. In addition to the private studio, Rebecca is an adjunct faculty member in the Performing Arts Department at DeSales University where she teaches Private Vocal Instruction. She is also furthering her own education through programs in vocal pedagogy and performance and most recently completed 3 levels of certification from the Conservatory of Contemporary Vocal Music at Shenandoah University. Miss Rebecca finds it VERY important to teach the individual student. Lessons are structured around the student and NOT a publisher’s curriculum. There is a focus on the quality of the music and performance, rather than the quantity. Miss Rebecca recognizes the importance of producing a musician for life. This unique approach to teaching is a combination of her own performance experience as well as her studies in the field of education. In Miss Rebecca’s life outside the studio she is a mom to Carson, 19 and Brandon, 18.