Rebecca Wolfson
Vocalist; Voice and Music Theory Instructor
New York, NY

wolfson.bec@gmail.com

AS A TEACHER

Schmitt Music, Omaha, NE, Voice Coach, November 2002 - May 2003

Sharon North Jones Studios of Music, Omaha, NE December 2004 – December 2006
Voice and Music Theory Teacher
-Created the curriculum for "Jump Start to Singing," a class for pre-school and kindergarten aged children, at the SNJ Studios of Music

Shooting Star Voice Studios, New York, NY, Owner / Instructor, September 2008 - present

AS A SINGER

Vocalist with Preston Love and Orchestra, MS Society Benefit Concert, March 2001

International Choir tour to the Baltics with University of Nebraska at Omaha Concert Choir, May 2002

Solo Performer at the Omaha Songwriters Festival, Summers 2004, 2005

Vocal Judge on three televised episodes of a local version of "American Idol," Omaha, NE, December 2005 - February 2006

Member of various auditioned choirs from 1993 - 2006

Member (first soprano) of the opera chorus for the North American premier of Il Piccolo Marat at Lincoln Center, NYC April 2009

Member (first soprano) of the opera chorus for I Gioielli della Madonna (The Jewels of the Madonna), Lincoln Center, NYC May 2010

Member (first alto) of the auditioned, award-winning choir Cantori New York.

Worked with Chuck Pennington of Manheim Steamroller in studio and live environments

Live Backup Vocalist for various bands and artists
HONORS AND AWARDS

First place award in age bracket, Local NATS Competition, 2004

AS A COMPOSER

Original composer; "SCHbUHb," for two Marimbas, "Four Ways to Love," for Woodwind Quintet, "16/5" for String Quartet, 5 song cycle for Mezzo-Soprano set to poetry by Nikki Paley Cox, multiple smaller works

Full orchestration of Prelude in G Minor by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

Member, ASCAP

EDUCATION

University of Nebraska, Omaha, NE
Bachelor of Music