REBECCA HARRIS performs on both period and modern violins. Her artistic life is a love letter to the extraordinary history of her instrument, from its inception to the present day: in demand as a soloist, chamber musician and orchestral leader in the field of historically informed performance, she also pursues a concurrent commitment to the performance of new music.
Rebecca is a founding member of the Franklin Quartet, and serves as concertmaster of the Philadelphia Bach Collegium and as Principal Second Violin of Tempesta di Mare, with whom she tours as a member of the Chamber Players and has recorded extensively for Chandos. Rebecca has appeared with early music ensembles across the United States, including Piffaro, Washington Bach Consort, Rebel Baroque Orchestra (New York), Musica Redemptor (Austin), Spire Chamber Ensemble (Kansas City), The Raritan Players, Handel Choir of Baltimore, The Dryden Ensemble, and Nassau Sinfonia (Princeton). She appears regularly in recital, and in 2018 released her debut solo album, A String Mysterious, featuring music by Heinrich Biber, and new works by Riho Esko Maimets and Mark Rimple. Rebecca is a member of the violin faculty of the Curtis Summerfest Young Artist Summer Program, and in 2018 joined the roster of the Chamber Music Festival of the Black Hills in South Dakota. An abiding passion for poetry and literature has led Rebecca to nurture close ties with vocalists. She has collaborated with The Crossing, appearing on the ensemble’s 2017 GRAMMY-nominated release of Thomas Lloyd's Bonhoeffer, and Lansing McLoskey’s Zealot Canticles, and her discography includes world premiere recordings of works by Andrew Lipke, David Ludwig, and Melissa Dunphy. A native of the United Kingdom, Rebecca is a graduate of the Royal Northern College of Music where she studied with Richard Ireland, after initial studies as a scholar in the specialist music program at Wells Cathedral School. |
UPCOMING CONCERTSSunday, September 22 at 7:30PM:
Philadelphia Ethical Society: 1906 Rittenhouse Square (southwest corner), Philadelphia, PA 19103 |
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