Music in May 08 video footage, Schubert Rondo part I:
Music in May 08 video footage, Schubert Rondo part II:
Influences
VIOLINISTS: David Oistrakh, Fritz Kreisler, Henryk Szeryng, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Nathan Mistein, David Arben, Michael Rabin, Maxim Vengerov, Vadim Repin, Heifitz, Ysaye... -- CELLISTS: Pablo Casals, Yo-yo Ma, Rostropovich... -- COMPOSERS: Beethoven, Brahms, Bach, Mahler, Rachmaninov....
Music in May 08 video footage, Excerpts from Prokofiev Two Vln Sonata:
Music in May 08 video footage:
California native Rebecca Jackson began violin studies at the age of five. She has performed throughout the U.S., Puerto Rico, Spain, Italy, Ukraine, Romania, South Korea, Japan, China, and Taiwan. Ms. Jackson received her B.M. from The Juilliard School and recently received a graduate degree from UC Santa Cruz where she studied with San Francisco Ballet concertmaster, Roy Malan. In addition to Roy Malan, she is indebted to the guidance of mentors David Arben and Lisa Sutton.
In 1997 Rebecca was the first place winner of the ASTA California State Solo Competition, Junior Division. Summer 2003 Ms. Jackson traveled with The Juilliard Orchestra to Italy as the orchestra in residence at Gian Carlo Menotti's Spoleto Festival. The following summer Rebecca was invited to go abroad with Music Camp International. She pioneered a violin curriculum and introduced the beauty of music to nearly 250 Ukrainian and Romanian children. She has been soloist with the Cluj Symphony Orchestra of Romania, the Kiev Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine, Classical Philharmonia of California, UC Santa Cruz Orchestra, FOSJA orchestra of Puerto Rico, among others. Ms. Jackson has taken master classes with Tchaikovsky International Competition Winners Eugene Fodor and Elmar Oliveira, former concertmaster of l'Orchestre de Paris, Aimee Kreston, President of Shar Products Company Charles Avsharian, Czech Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra concertmaster Pavel Prantl, and Pittsburgh Symphony concertmaster Andres Cardenes. She has also worked under the batons of John Adams, Jahja Ling, James Conlon, Andrew Litton, James DePriest, Otto-Werner Mueller, Luis Biava, and Krzysztof Penderecki. She is a member of internationally touring Völs String Quartet, Florida’s Sarasota Opera Orchestra and regularly performs with the San Francisco Opera.
Ms. Jackson was one of three violinists to receive a full scholarship for participation in a week-intensive workshop with Cleveland Orchestra concertmaster William Preucil. Her most recent tour took her to perform at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing where many diplomats were present.
Besides classical music, Ms. Jackson has performed with Luis Conte, Peter Erskine, Eddie Daniels, Patrick Williams, Allen Vizzutti, Josh Groban, among others. Recently she performed at Madison Square Garden for the Seventh Annual Latin Grammy Awards. In addition to her busy musical schedule, Rebecca remains an avid salsa dancer and has completed both the Big Sur International and Philadelphia Marathons.
Founder of A Musical Gift, Rebecca Jackson originated this concert series devoted to raising funds for worthwhile community causes. To date, $100,000 has been raised. As Miss Santa Cruz County 2005 she was awarded $5,000 to help further her education. At the Miss California Pageant she was awarded another $2,000 and the "Outstanding Musician" award.
Hey, we hope everyone can make it to our show at Moe's Alley on Tuesday April 28th. It's a double bill with Still Time from San Luis Obispo, and they rock the house! The show starts at 9pm. See you there!
Rebecca: Thank you so much for the add. I enjoy your work...so sensitive and thoughtful. I hear that classical matters might shut down...hope not...found you there. All the best. Ed
Hey, when are you back in town? I miss our fun girl times together. I would love to get some sushi & have some girl time with you & I. Let me know what your schedule is like. :-)
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Unfortunately I am leaving for Malaysia on the 27 and I won't be back until the end of August. But I hope that your Summer went well and if you are in S.C. during the Fall I would definitely love to hang out.
Hey girl, sorry we haven't been able to get together yet. June is probably the busiest month of the year for me as I have so many family birthdays, parties, events, etc. I'll definitely be more free after the 4th of July weekend. Let's try to do something after that!! Miss ya!
Yes, it vacation of sorts, though I have helped a bit with a friend's business. There's a good chance I'll be moving out here this summer. I'm flying back to St. Louis tomorrow and have about six hours of layover at LAX Thursday morning. If you were in the neighborhood, I'd take you to breakfast and tell you all about it. Life is finally turning up some exciting opportunities!
