"The only thing better than singing is more singing." -- Ella Fitzgerald

About Rebecca Patterson

Teacher

Rebecca Patterson brings to her voice instruction over thirty years of teaching and performance experience.  She works with both professional and amateur singers and actors, who perform in musical theatre and opera in Chicago.  Rebecca is certified in the LoVetri Method through the Institute for Contemporary Commercial Music Pedagogy and has received training in Lessac-Madsen Resonant Voice Therapy.  She is a member of the National Association of Teachers of Singing.

Performer

Rebecca has appeared as a soloist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago’s Music of the Baroque, Masterwork Chorale of New York, International Church Music Festival (Germany), and in concert throughout the Midwest.  Operatic roles include Lauretta, the ingénue in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi, Musetta in Puccini’s La Boheme and Amahl, the young crippled boy in Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors.  

Conductor

Rebecca conducts the Chicago Bar Association Chorus.  Since its inception on 2006, she has prepared the chorus for performances of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Faure’s Requiem, Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Haydn’s Creation and Poulenc’s Gloria. In addition to her work with the CBA Chorus, Rebecca conducts workshops on vocal technique for choral singers.  She is a member of the American Choral Directors Association.

Education

Bachelor of Music - Vocal Performance      North Park University, Chicago, IL

Master of Arts - Theology             Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago, IL

Professional Development

Music Theatre Vocal Pedagogy                                            Jeannette LoVetri

Janice Borla Vocal Jazz Camp                                                     Janice Borla

Lessac-Madsen Resonant Voice Therapy               Katherine Verdolini Abbott

Systematic Vocal Technique                                                       Richard Miller

McCloskey Institute of Voice                                                            Paul Elliott

Rene Clausen Choral School                                                     Rene Clausen

Expressive Conducting Institute                                                     Paul Wiens

Windswept Music Workshop                                      Creative Motion Alliance

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