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Rebecca Willett, age 15, has felt from a young age that God is calling her to be a musician.
She began her music education with piano at age 4 and violin at age 7. Rebecca has been blessed to have been
a student of gifted teachers: Melody Diehl, Anne Bugg, Dr. Jeffrey Brown. She currently studies piano with Suzanne
Guy and violin with Christina Morton. As a violinist,
she studies and performs solo and chamber repertoire and has been a member of the Bay Youth Orchestras of Virginia for 6 years.
She currently serves as the associate concertmaster of the Symphony Orchestra and the Hampton Roads Chamber Players.
As a pianist, Rebecca has performed as a soloist in the Virginia Symphony’s Young Artist
Showcase numerous times, since the age of 10. She was also chosen to perform in 10-Piano Concerts in Sacramento, California
and Matsumoto, Japan. She has spent many of her summer weeks furthering her music studies at violin and piano institutes
and camps, including the prestigious Southeastern Piano Festival and the International Institute for Young Musicians.
Rebecca won first prize in the Richmond Symphony League’s Young Artist Concerto Competition Piano Division, the Bay
Youth Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition and the York River Symphony Orchestra. She performed Mendelssohn’s
Piano Concerto in g minor with the Richmond Symphony in April 2009 and will perform the Grieg Piano Concerto in A minor twice in
March 2010.
Rebecca has participated in master classes with Benedetto Lupo, Brian Ganz, Harold Protsman, and Dr.
Douglas Weeks. She has had private instruction from: Ignat Solzhenitsyn, Reiko Uchida, Dr. Marina Lomazov, Dr.
Joseph Rackers, Dr. Jack Winerock, Leah Brammer, Linda Nakagawa, and Dr. Haruko Kataoka.
Rebecca serves as the church pianist and director of the Middle School Choir at her home church, Tabernacle United
Methodist Church. Rebecca is the daughter of Scott and Kimberly Willett and the sister of Caroline and Eliza Willett.
Upon graduation from high school, Rebecca plans to study piano performance and pursue a career in music.
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| Rebecca performs in the lobby of The Sandler Center, Virginia Beach. |
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