Rebecca Van de Ven

Biography

Rebecca Van de Ven joined the faculty at Belmont University in 2018 and the faculty of the University of the South in 2011. Prior to that, Ms. Van de Ven taught at Middle Tennessee State University, Albion College and Spring Arbor University.  For many years, she was on faculty at the Sewanee Summer Music Festival where she coached and organized the wind chamber music program.

Ms. Van de Ven frequently records music in Nashville and can be heard playing English Horn on season three of the Emmy winning hit TV series Fargo as well as the 2016 Evanescence Album. Her orchestral engagements have included orchestras such as Nashville Symphony Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, and Grand Rapids Symphony as well as many others. She can also be found playing regionally in Orchestra Kentucky and Huntsville Symphonies and in staged works at Tennessee Performing Arts Center.

On a full tuition scholarship, Ms. Van de Ven received the Master of Music degree from the San Francisco Conservatory in oboe performance where she was a student of Eugene Izotov, current Principal Oboe of the San Francisco Symphony. She attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison on a full tuition scholarship where she earned the Bachelor of Arts degree and the Bachelor of Science degrees. She was a student of Professor Marc Fink. Ms. Van de Ven attended the Pierre Monteux Music Festival in Maine and was awarded a full scholarship to the Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara, California. She currently resides in Sewanee Tennessee with her husband and 2 children and maintains a private studio.