Rebecca Petra Naomi Seeman is a conductor, music educator, and nonprofit leader. She is a faculty member in the Performing Arts and Social Justice Department at the University of San Francisco and serves as Artistic Executive Director of Sacred and Profane Chamber Chorus in Berkeley, California. She has held academic positions at the University of California, Berkeley, the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the University of Iowa. A sought after clinician and guest conductor, she served as Associate Conductor with Opera Parallèle.

A citizen of both the U.S. and Sweden, Rebecca specializes in Swedish music, particularly the music of the composer Karin Rehnqvist. She has given presentations on several topics related to the intersection of the performing arts and social justice. She has collaborated with ensembles such as the Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco, the Venezuelan V-Note Ensemble, Haitian percussionist Jeff Pierre, the Oakland Youth Chorus, and the William Winant Percussion Group. An advocate for new music, she has commissioned works by composers Trevor Weston, Karin Rehnqvist, Michael Bussewitz-Quarm, Zanaida Robles, and Adam Lange, with forthcoming commissions of works by Carla Lucero and Gabriela Lena-Frank. She has conducted multiple U.S. and world premieres.

Rebecca holds a BA in Vocal Performance and an MA in Performance Practice and Conducting from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and a DMA in Choral Conducting and Pedagogy from the University of Iowa. She studied conducting under Nicole Paiement, Eric Ericson, William Hatcher, and Timothy Stalter. She holds an MNA from the University of San Francisco’s Masters of Nonprofit Administration program, with a focus in ADEI in the Performing Arts. Additional credentials include certificates in Estill Voice Training.

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