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It took Rebecca
a
whole
year to convince
her parents that
she was ready
for violin
lessons,
but her
persistence paid
off. At
5 she started
classical violin
training with
Twinkle, Twinkle
Little Star.
She discovered
Scottish
fiddling at a
Suzuki Violin
Camp in 2000,
but didn't take
any Scottish
fiddle lessons
until 2004.
 In
2005, at age 13,
she won the
Junior Division
of the U.S.
National
Scottish Fiddle
Competition,
which was judged
by Bonnie
Rideout, Jan
Tappan and Janny
Kirk.
In 2006 Rebecca
recorded her
first CD,
The Call.
Rebecca received a
a State level
piano ensemble
medal in 2007, and in both 2007 and 2008, she has received
the Corvallis
Folklore Society
Music Award
given to the
high school
student who best
exemplifies the
performance of
music in the
folk tradition and
the
Goldie Rogers
Award for
original
music
composition. In 2008,
Rebecca was
selected to play
in the Oregon
All-State
Honors Orchestra
and will be
traveling to
Italy with the
Camerata Strings
Orchestra.
Rebecca has been
invited to play
in Scottish
Festivals and
gatherings
throughout
Oregon,
Washington and
California.
She has
performed with
Alasdair Fraser
and the San
Francisco
Scottish
Fiddlers, with
Brenda Stubbert
and Richard Wood
in Cape Breton,
with Calum
MacKinnon and
Cali McKasson ,
and with Molly's
Revenge, Hanneke
Cassel, Ryan
McKasson, Hanz
Araki and Jamie
Laval. She has
been on Public
Radio during the
Mist Covered
Mountain Celtic
radio show and
has performed
featured
concerts at the
Oregon and
Eugene Scottish
Heritage
Festivals,
Northwest
Folklife
Festival, and
Yachats Celtic
Music Festival.
Rebecca shares
her music with
the community as
well, playing at
local farmers
markets,
assisted living
facilities and
retirement
communities,
schools,
churches and
private
gatherings. In
addition to
playing the
violin and
piano, she loves
to sing in the
Heart of the
Valley
Children's Choir
with which she
traveled to
China in 2005.
She has
performed with
the Willamette
Chamber
Orchestra as
concert master
and soloist, is
currently part
of the Svegliato
Quintet,
participates in
high school
orchestra, and
has fun fiddling
at the local
Celtic
jam
session.
In the words of
Calum MacKinnon,
“It is evident
from her playing
. . . that
Rebecca has
listened hard to
and absorbed the
techniques of
some of the
greatest
fiddlers alive
today including
Alasdair Fraser
and Natalie
MacMaster who
are two of her
heroes. But
amazingly for
someone so
young, she has
also developed
her own style.”
You are invited
to listen to
Rebecca on her
CD and in
concert. See
her schedule for
details.
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