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Rebecca Panayiotou

Violinist 

Performance Experience

 

Oklahoma Baptist University, Shawnee OK

    Concerto-Aria Orchestra                                                                                                        Feb 2019

  •   Section first violin

    Oklahoma Baptist University Symphony Orchestra

 •   Principal Second Violin                                                                                       Dec 2015-2018

 •   Featured Soloist, Vivaldi Concerto for 3 Violins, 551                                                                 Dec 2017

University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

            University of Oklahoma Symphony Orchestra                                                                         2012 - 2014

            University of Oklahoma Civic Orchestra                                                                          2012-2013

      •   Concertmaster

      Stetson University, DeLand, FL

             Solo recitals, violin                                                                                                  2008 - 2012

Stetson University Symphony Orchestra                                                                                2008 - 2012

       •   Concertmaster                                                                                                 2010

Stetson University Chamber Orchestra                                                                                   2008 - 2012

Stetson University Opera Theatre Orchestra                                                                                   2008 - 2012

 

Pedagogical Experience

 

Violin Instructor/Events Coordinator, Imagine Music and Arts, Norman, OK                              2014 - present

            •   Teach private lessons to students, ages 5-up

•   Head and run Summer Strings Workshop 

Instructor, Music Together,  Norman, OK,                                                                      2014 - 2018

             •   Lead small classes of children ages 0-4 with parents

•   Teach parents how to recognize musical milestones

Adjunct Professor of Violin, Oklahoma Baptist University Prep Department, Shawnee, OK              2012 - 2014 

             •    Teach private lessons to students, ages 6-up

Assistant to Professor Routa Kroumovitch, Stetson University School of Music, DeLand, FL                 2010 - 2012

•   Coached/worked (individually/ ensembles) with student in Stetson Youth String program

Violin Instructor, Cuchetti School of Music, New Smyrna Beach, FL                                                   2010 - 2012

•   Teach private lessons to students, ages 5-up

       •  Designed six-week Chamber Music Initiative for young violinists in Central Florida area

 

Education

Post-Baccalaureate Studies- Pedagogy/Violin Performance                                          2012 - 2014

University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

      •  Overall GPA:  4.0/4.0    •  Principal Teacher:  Hal Grossman, Violin 

Bachelor of Music-Performance, Orchestral Instrument, Stetson University, DeLand, FL                 May 2012

             •   Overall GPA:  3.512/4.  •  Principal Teacher:  Routa Kroumovitch-Gomez, Violin 

             •  Awards:  William E. Duckwitz Talent Scholarship (2008-2012)

             •  Stetson Undergraduate Research Experience-SURE Grant (2011)

Festivals/Study Abroad:  Orfeo International Music Festival, Vipiteno, Italy                         Summers 2011, 2010

Fairbanks Music Festival, Fairbanks, Alaska                                                                 Summer 2009

Florida State University Summer String Orchestra Program                                     Summers 2006, 2005

       Masterclasses:  Haratoune Bedelian, Alvaro Gomez, Lucy Gould, Jeffrey Howard, David Neely, Renata Knific

       Conductors: Anthony Hose, Michael Allen, Alvaro Gomez, Zino Bogachek

       Associate of Arts Summa cum Laude, Indian River State College, Ft. Pierce, FL                                          May 2008




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Photo Credit:   Wilson Mcalester Rebecca Panayiotou has performed as a violinist for twenty years. She is proficient in a range of musical styles, from orchestral and chamber music to improvisation and fiddle. She has performed throughout the central Florida area, and her studies have taken her from NY to Alaska and Italy. Ms. Panayiotou has held the position of Principal Second Violin of the OBU/Shawnee Community Orchestra, and has also been concertmaster of the OU Civic Orchestra. She has been featured on fiddle with the bands Open Prairie and Kind Couple. As an instructor, Ms. Panayiotou has taught private lessons in New Smyrna Beach, Florida; Shawnee, Oklahoma; and Norman Oklahoma. She is well versed in teaching group classes, having conducted for the Stetson University Community School of the Arts in DeLand, FL and having run her own Summer Violin Workshop in Norman, Oklahoma for the several years. She currently teaches violin lessons at Imagine Music and Arts i