Rebecca Noreen, bassoonist, was a winner of the Artist International Competition in New York City with the Kammer Quintet which appeared in two recitals in Carnegie Recital Hall.  She graduated with a M.M. from Manhattan School of Music and from Western Washington University where she obtained a B.A. and B.E.

 

Ms. Noreen performs with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, the Eastern Connecticut Symphony, Waterbury Symphony and the Rhode Island Philharmonic.  She also is a former member of the New Haven Symphony and the United States Coast Guard Band.

 

Her chamber music ventures include the Neighborhood Music School Woodwind Quintet and the Laurel Double Reed Ensemble.  Ms. Noreen is an instructor of bassoon presently at Connecticut College and Calvary Music School and was an instructor at the University of Rhode Island and Hartt Community Division for many years.

 

Her instructors include Stephen Maxym, Jane Taylor, Mark Eubanks, Matthew Ruggiero, Bruce Grainger, and Gregg Henegar.

 

Other:  She is an avid skier, gardener, and vegetarian cook.  She also bikes, hikes, and does yoga.

 

Ms. Noreen plays pennywhistle for the Mystic Garland Dancers and the Westerly Morris Men who perform at many festivals in New England.