Rebecca Barnett is a member of the United States Army Band, Pershing’s Own Strings, and manages a competitive private teaching studio. She performs at prestigious venues around Washington, D.C., including the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the White House, and the US Capitol.

Rebecca has performed with many prestigious orchestras including the National Symphony Orchestra, the Mendocino Music Festival Orchestra, the Colorado College Music Festival Orchestra, the Texas Music Festival Orchestra, and the Peacherine Ragtime Society Orchestra. Rebecca is also passionate about chamber music. She has performed chamber works for the Georgetown University Friday Music Series, the Lyceum Summer Music Series, the Kneisel Hall Chamber Music Festival, the Bowdoin International Music Festival, the Innsbrook Summer Academy and Festival, and the National Symphony Summer Music Institute.

As a soloist, she performed Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante with the Montgomery College Orchestra. Additionally, she was a finalist in the University of Maryland Concerto Competition in both 2016 and 2017 for her performances of the Bowen and Rózsa viola concertos. She won 3rd Prize in the 2015–16 EnKor International Music Competition for Strings for her performance of the Bartók Viola Concerto and received an Honorable Mention in the Alexandria Symphony Concerto Competition for her performance of the Rózsa Concerto.

Rebecca has 10+ years of private teaching experience. She teaches in Montgomery County, MD, serving Gaithersburg, Rockville, Germantown, and surrounding areas. She has coached chamber music for MCYO, the Montgomery Classic Youth Orchestras. Previously, she served on faculty at the International School of Music, Vivo School of Music, and Clear Creek ISD High School. She has also taught viola to non-majors at Rice University. Her students have received superior rankings at solo and ensemble festivals and have been selected to play in competitive youth orchestra programs such as NYO2, Maryland All-State, All County Orchestra, Maryland Classic Youth Orchestra, and Potomac Valley Youth Orchestra.

She earned her Master’s Degree in Viola Performance at Rice University and her Bachelor’s degree in Viola Performance from the University of Maryland. She began her musical studies at the Peabody Preparatory.