About the Artist

 

Press Release

Rebecca Wilt is receiving national and international recognition as a virtuoso collaborative pianist. She has worked with many of the world's prominent wind instrument performers, as well as some of the country's foremost vocalists, and has performed in many of the world's greatest venues in North America, Europe, and Asia. Miss Wilt has been the premiere accompanist for many of the nation's wind-instrument conferences and competitions including: the Ellsworth Smith International Trumpet Competition, the International Trumpet Guild Conference, the National Trumpet Competition, the ARTS competition, the International Trombone Association, the International Horn Society, the North American Saxophone Alliance, the Mid-Atlantic Flute Fair, the Rafael Mendez Brass Institute, the Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Competition, the Tromp Muziek Biennale, the International Women's Brass Conference, and the American Choral Director's Association National and Regional Conference. In May, 2009, Rebecca will serve as the co-host of the International Trumpet Guild Conference, which is being held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Miss Wilt can be heard on many compact discs, including: An American Portrait, with James Thompson, trumpet; Song and Dance, with Alan Baer, tuba; Lirico Latino with James Ackley, trumpet; Pastorale, with the Trelumina Trio; and Twas in the Moon of Wintertime, and album of Christmas favorites. She is active as a rehearsal pianist for the Harrisburg Opera Association, and the Fulton Opera House, and frequently gives workshops and master classes at universities and colleges all over the country on topics involving vocal coaching and rehearsing with a pianist.

Formerly the head of accompanying at the Interlochen Arts Academy, and the director of the collaborative piano and vocal coaching program at Central Michigan University, Rebecca is now director of the piano and collaborative piano programs at Messiah College in Grantham, PA. Rebecca has also served as coordinator of accompanying at the Lake Placid International Music Seminars for flute, voice and trumpet in Lake Placid, New York and is now on the summer faculty at the Center for Advanced Musical Studies in Enfield, New Hampshire. Rebecca currently resides in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and is a member of the Equinox Duo, the Trelumina Trio, and the Aries Trio. All three groups have enjoyed extensive touring schedules throughout the United States, Mexico, and Asia. You can learn more about Rebecca by visiting her website at www.rebeccawilt.net

 

Press Photographs

Press Photo 1